An overview of the Chandra mission and goals, Chandra's namesake, top 10 facts.
Classroom activities, printable materials, interactive games & more.
Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray sources: black holes to galaxy clusters.
All Chandra images released to the public listed by date & by category
Current Chandra press releases, status reports, interviews & biographies.
A collection of multimedia, illustrations & animations, a glossary, FAQ & more.
A collection of illustrations, animations and video.
Chandra discoveries in an audio/video format.
Download Help Center

This section is dedicated to helping you access any multimedia offered in the CXC web sites. The following applications may be downloaded to view images, open MS PowerPoint files, play movies and animations and listen to sound clips on your computer.

Browsers:

Internet Explorer 
Windows  
Mac  
N/A

Firefox 
Windows  
Mac  
UNIX
Netscape 
Windows  
Mac  
UNIX
Flock 
Windows  
Mac  
UNIX
Safari 
Windows  
Mac  
UNIX
Opera 
Windows  
Mac  
UNIX
Images/Graphics:

.png 
WindowsQuickTime Player  
MacJPEGView  
UNIXxv
.jpeg 
WindowsQuickTime Player  
MacJPEGView  
UNIXxv
.tiff 
WindowsQuickTime Player  
MacQuickTime Player  
UNIXxv
.ps 
WindowsGSview  
MacMacGSView  
UNIXGhostview
Sound:

.mid 
WindowsvanBasco's Karaoke Player  
MacSoundApp  
UNIXUMP MIDI plug-in for UNIX
.wav 
WindowsWinamp  
MacSoundApp  
UNIXxPlayGizmo
MPEG (.mp2) 
WindowsWinamp  
MaciTunes  
UNIXmpeg3play

RealAudio (.ram) 
WindowsRealPlayer  
MacRealPlayer  
UNIXRealPlayer
Video:

.avi  
WindowsMedia Player   
MacMacZilla   
UNIXxanim
.mov 
WindowsQuick Time   
MacQuick Time   
UNIXxanim
.mpg  
WindowsMpegPlay   
MacSparkle   
UNIXRealPlayer
RealVideo (.ram)  
WindowsRealPlayer   
MacRealPlayer   
UNIXRealPlayer
Live Audio/Video:

iSpQ  
WindowsiSpQ   
MaciSpQ   
N/A
RealPlayer  
WindowsRealPlayer   
MacRealPlayer   
UNIXRealPlayer
Portable Documents:

.pdf  
WindowsAdobe Acrobat Reader   
MacAdobe Acrobat Reader   
UNIXAdobe Acrobat Reader
.pdf (accessibility)  
WindowsAdobe Acrobat Reader   
N/A  
N/A
Misc:

Shockwave & Flash  
WindowsShockwave & Flash   
MacShockwave & Flash   
UNIXFlash

Compressed Files (.zip, .hqx, .sit, .sea)  
WindowsWinZip   
MacStuffIt Expander   
N/A

Powerpoint (.ppt)  
WindowsMS PowerPoint Viewer 2003   
MacMS PowerPoint Viewer 98   
UNIXSun's StarOffice 6.0




Disclaimer: The Chandra X-ray Center and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics do not endorse any particular vendor's products. Please read all license agreements before downloading any software.