Advancing STIX Science through Open-Source Software Development

Advancing STIX Science through Open-Source Software Development Dr Shane Maloney and the STIX team 2025 Specific vs General Scientist / Researcher •Need to analyse this data X for paper Y •I work on instrument X or mission Y •Papers, grants are main outputs Software Dev/Computer Scientist •How can I work with this kind of data •How can I solve this branch of problems •Code main output but the fewer lines the better DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 2 Silos •Mission/Instrument •Research Area •Organisation •Geographic •Communication (Language) •Technology (e.g IDL - Python) •… DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 3 DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 4 Photons -> Counts –> TM –> Counts = Spectra and Images Spectrometer Telescope Imaging X-rays (STIX) DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 5 Photons -> Counts –> TM –> Counts = Spectra and Images 1. STIXCore DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 6 Photons -> Counts –> TM –> Counts = Spectra and Images 1. STIXCore 2. stixpy DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 7 Photons -> Counts –> TM –> Counts = Spectra and Images 1. STIXCore 2. stixpy 3. XRAYVISION DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 8 Photons -> Counts –> TM –> Counts = Spectra and Images 1. STIXCore 2. stixpy 3. XRAYVISION 4. 2. stixpy Data Search and Download •Extending sunpy Fido with new client Data Containers •Map •Timeseries •Unified Product API Data Analysis •XRAYVISION •sunkit-spex Astropy units, times, coordinates … DASH 2025 - San Antonio, Texas 9