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Getting started with SPEX has become easier because of the development of new guides and manuals. Please check out the new SPEX cookbook, and Examples and Exercises below.

Examples and Exercises 

We provide several exercises that can be used to learn how to fit a spectrum with the SPEX software. The PDF file below contains the description of the exercises and "Exercise files" contains all the spectra en response files that are needed to complete the exercises.

spex-exercises.pdf (78.99 KB)

exercise-files.tar.gz (8.30 MB)

The data can be extracted from the TAR archive using the following command:
tar xvfz exercise-files.tar.gz  

Important Note

If you use SPEX for research that will appear in a scientific publication, then please add a reference to Kaastra, Mewe and Nieuwenhuijzen (1996). See ADS for a full reference.