# About the HEACIT category

**URL:** <https://community.openastronomy.org/t/about-the-heacit-category/260>\
**Category:** HEACIT\
**Created:** [January 27, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/about-the-heacit-category/260 "2022-01-27T14:47:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![eblur](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.openastronomy.org/eblur/32/63_2.png) [@eblur](https://community.openastronomy.org/u/eblur)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.openastronomy.org/t/about-the-heacit-category/260/1 "2022-01-27T14:47:24Z")

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Forum for discussion about high energy astrophysics codes, interfaces, and tools - supported by the HEACIT working group.

This forum is meant to provide a public and searchable interface for discussing software techniques related to the data reduction and analysis of high energy astronomical observations. There are several ways to engage with this forum:

- Ask questions and give help regarding common high energy software libraries (e.g., Heasoft) or data analysis tools (XSPEC, Sherpa, SPEX, and more)

- Discuss the current landscape of high energy software and databases. Developers can publicly discuss use cases that they are working on or would like to see handled.

- Discuss open science practices, data handling, and analysis techniques for high energy astronomy