Iris: an Extensible Application for Building and Analyzing Spectral Energy Distributions

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Laurino, Omar, Budynkiewicz, Jamie, D'Abrusco, Raffaele, Bonaventura, Nina, Busko, Ivo, Cresitello-Dittmar, Mark, Doe, Stephen M, Ebert, Rick, Evans, Janet D, Norris, Patrick, Pevunova, Olga, Refsdal, Brian, Thomas, Brian, Thompson, Randy
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 25.07.2014
• Subjects: Extensibility; Hooks; Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Software development tools; Software reviews

Iris is an extensible application that provides astronomers with a user-friendly interface capable of ingesting broad-band data from many different sources in order to build, explore, and model spectral energy distributions (SEDs). Iris takes advantage of the standards defined by the International V...