FTOOLS
E384072
FTOOLS is a widely used software package that provides a suite of utilities for analyzing and processing high-energy astrophysics data from space- and ground-based observatories.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FTOOLS canonical | 2 |
| ftools task suite | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3737746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FTOOLS Context triple: [High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center, develops, FTOOLS]
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A.
Faint Object Spectrograph
The Faint Object Spectrograph was an early-generation Hubble Space Telescope instrument designed to obtain detailed spectra of very dim astronomical objects across a wide range of wavelengths.
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B.
FORS2
FORS2 is a versatile optical instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope used for imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of faint astronomical objects.
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C.
Faint Object Camera
The Faint Object Camera was a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to observe very dim and distant astronomical objects in ultraviolet and visible light.
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D.
SMARTS 1.0m Telescope
The SMARTS 1.0m Telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope operated as part of the SMARTS consortium’s observing facilities at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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E.
SMARTS 0.6-meter Telescope
The SMARTS 0.6-meter Telescope is a small optical research telescope used for astronomical observations as part of the SMARTS consortium at Cerro Tololo in Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FTOOLS Target entity description: FTOOLS is a widely used software package that provides a suite of utilities for analyzing and processing high-energy astrophysics data from space- and ground-based observatories.
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A.
Faint Object Spectrograph
The Faint Object Spectrograph was an early-generation Hubble Space Telescope instrument designed to obtain detailed spectra of very dim astronomical objects across a wide range of wavelengths.
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B.
FORS2
FORS2 is a versatile optical instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope used for imaging, spectroscopy, and polarimetry of faint astronomical objects.
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C.
Faint Object Camera
The Faint Object Camera was a high-resolution imaging instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope designed to observe very dim and distant astronomical objects in ultraviolet and visible light.
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D.
SMARTS 1.0m Telescope
The SMARTS 1.0m Telescope is a one-meter-class optical telescope operated as part of the SMARTS consortium’s observing facilities at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile.
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E.
SMARTS 0.6-meter Telescope
The SMARTS 0.6-meter Telescope is a small optical research telescope used for astronomical observations as part of the SMARTS consortium at Cerro Tololo in Chile.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomy software
ⓘ
data analysis software ⓘ high-energy astrophysics software ⓘ software package ⓘ |
| componentOf |
HEASoft software suite
ⓘ
surface form:
HEASoft
|
| designedFor |
ground-based observatories
ⓘ
space-based observatories ⓘ |
| developer |
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
ⓘ
surface form:
HEASARC
Goddard Space Flight Center ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
|
| distribution | download from HEASARC website ⓘ |
| field |
X-ray astronomy
ⓘ
gamma-ray astronomy ⓘ high-energy astrophysics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
batch processing
ⓘ
mission-specific calibration handling ⓘ scriptable interface ⓘ |
| includes |
calibration tools
ⓘ
command-line utilities ⓘ image tools ⓘ spectral tools ⓘ timing tools ⓘ |
| license | freeware ⓘ |
| maintainer |
High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center
ⓘ
surface form:
HEASARC
|
| operatingSystem |
Linux
ⓘ
Unix-like systems ⓘ Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
F90 ⓘ Fortran ⓘ |
| supports | FITS data format ⓘ |
| supportsMissionData |
ASCA
ⓘ
Chandra ⓘ NuSTAR Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array ⓘ
surface form:
NuSTAR
ROSAT ⓘ RXTE ⓘ Swift ⓘ XMM-Newton mission ⓘ
surface form:
XMM-Newton
|
| typicalUser |
astronomer
ⓘ
astrophysicist ⓘ data analyst ⓘ |
| use |
analyzing high-energy astrophysics data
ⓘ
data calibration ⓘ data filtering ⓘ data reduction ⓘ image analysis ⓘ processing high-energy astrophysics data ⓘ spectral analysis ⓘ timing analysis ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FTOOLS Description of subject: FTOOLS is a widely used software package that provides a suite of utilities for analyzing and processing high-energy astrophysics data from space- and ground-based observatories.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
HEASoft
subject surface form:
HEASoft
this entity surface form:
ftools task suite