SAOImageDS9 Acknowledgment

DS9 development has been made possible by funding from the Chandra X-ray Science Center (CXC) (NAS8-03060) and the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Center (HEASARC) (NCC5-568). Additional funding was provided by the JWST Mission office at Space Telescope Science Institute (NAS-03127) to improve capabilities for 3-D data visualization.

If SAOImageDS9 contributes to a scientific publication, we ask that authors cite both Fruscione et al. 2026 - to acknowledge the software package and its ongoing development—and the original DS9 reference (W. A. Joye & E. Mandel 2003) - to acknowledge the introduction of DS9 to the astronomical community.

If you are using AASTeX and plan to submit an article to one of the AAS journals, we recommend adding a \software{...} tag to your manuscript that cites DS9 (see the AASTeX guide for more information), e.g.:

\software{SAOImageDS9, Other software}

Authors may also include the following acknowledgment statement:

This research made use of SAOImageDS9, an astronomical imaging and data visualization application developed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (A. Fruscione et. al 2026, W. A. Joye & E. Mandel 2003).