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## [Create an Account](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/create-an-account/878)

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**Author:** [@fornax-staff](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/fornax-staff)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/create-an-account/878 "2026-05-04T22:56:15Z")

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To create a free Fornax Science Console and Community Forum account, please follow the instructions in our docs:

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## [Heasoft/software version + heasoft broken now?](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/heasoft-software-version-heasoft-broken-now/1587)

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**Author:** [@ogoann](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/ogoann)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/heasoft-software-version-heasoft-broken-now/1587 "2026-10-20T13:57:43Z")

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Hello, I was wondering what is the easiest way to check what version of software like Heasoft or SAS is currently installed. I could not immediately find information on this. In the process of trying to figure that…

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## [Brief Fornax Downtime: Saturday, Oct. 17, 2 PM EDT](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/brief-fornax-downtime-saturday-oct-17-2-pm-edt/1586)

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**Author:** [@gailr](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/gailr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/brief-fornax-downtime-saturday-oct-17-2-pm-edt/1586 "2026-10-16T18:07:10Z")

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The Fornax Science Console will be down for scheduled maintenance on: Saturday, Oct. 17 2:00 PM EDT approx. 30 minutes Please log off prior to then, as user sessions will be disrupted. Check back after 2:30 PM EDT. W…

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## [Dashboard statistics showing zero](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/dashboard-statistics-showing-zero/1560)

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**Author:** [@siham](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/siham)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2026, 2:55am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/dashboard-statistics-showing-zero/1560 "2026-10-16T02:55:42Z")

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Hello, as shown in the screenshot, the remaining credit, storage usage, and other usage statistics are still showing as zero. The only thing that is changing is the number of days since I started using Fornax. Is this n…

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## [Discourse account doesn't have my name associated with it](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/discourse-account-doesnt-have-my-name-associated-with-it/1544)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/discourse-account-doesnt-have-my-name-associated-with-it/1544 "2026-10-06T14:20:08Z")

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I’ve noticed that my discourse account doesn’t have my actual name associated with it anywhere - actually this is true of quite a few accounts (@azoghbi for instance). If you click on my profile picture you’ll see it ju…

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## [Scratch assigned to my account (for a few months) but not showing up in the scratch GUI](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/scratch-assigned-to-my-account-for-a-few-months-but-not-showing-up-in-the-scratch-gui/1545)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/scratch-assigned-to-my-account-for-a-few-months-but-not-showing-up-in-the-scratch-gui/1545 "2026-10-05T14:21:03Z")

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I’ve noticed for a while that the storage use on my dashboard seems much higher than the actual size of my home directory: (I’m actually using around 320GB in home). Looking at the Grafana user table, it seems I was…

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## [Faster Firefly and New OpenUniverse2024 Resources](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/faster-firefly-and-new-openuniverse2024-resources/1547)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/faster-firefly-and-new-openuniverse2024-resources/1547 "2026-10-02T07:31:53Z")

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Welcome to October! Fornax is happy to announce a faster Firefly and new resources for OpenUniverse2024 simulated data. Before we dive in, we wanted to let you know that we’re aware of an issue causing the terminal to l…

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## [On new terminal - "groups: cannot find name for group ID ..."](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/on-new-terminal-groups-cannot-find-name-for-group-id/1536)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/on-new-terminal-groups-cannot-find-name-for-group-id/1536 "2026-09-30T16:21:22Z")

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When I open a new terminal in a session, I see these messages: groups: cannot find name for group ID 3024 groups: cannot find name for group ID 3292 This isn’t new as of today, but the first I remember seeing it was Fr…

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## [FORGE: From Coordinates to Morphology, Molecular Kinematics, and Reproducible Science in Fornax](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/forge-from-coordinates-to-morphology-molecular-kinematics-and-reproducible-science-in-fornax/1515)

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**Author:** [@planetaryterry](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/planetaryterry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/forge-from-coordinates-to-morphology-molecular-kinematics-and-reproducible-science-in-fornax/1515 "2026-09-26T02:49:44Z")

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Vivian Hom and I have been developing FORGE (Field Observation, Retrieval, Generation, and Evaluation) as a reusable target-to-science workflow within the NASA Fornax Science Console. The name reflects what we are tryin…

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## [Guide to fix custom user-installed environments missing from notebook kernel selection](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/guide-to-fix-custom-user-installed-environments-missing-from-notebook-kernel-selection/1521)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 4:03pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/guide-to-fix-custom-user-installed-environments-missing-from-notebook-kernel-selection/1521 "2026-09-22T16:03:25Z")

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A recent change to Fornax means that any custom environments you created using the setup-pip-env or setup-conda-env tools may be missing from the list of kernels you can choose from when creating or running a notebook. …

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## [Terminals not working](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/terminals-not-working/1464)

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**Author:** [@jkrick](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/jkrick)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/terminals-not-working/1464 "2026-09-18T19:45:26Z")

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My terminals are blank pages as shown in the attached screenshot, as in, no prompt. I had a large server running for the workshop earlier today, I had it in keep alive mode for 2h. I had not touched it in over 2 hours,…

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## [Need for large, private shared space for collabortive project](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/need-for-large-private-shared-space-for-collabortive-project/1514)

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**Author:** [@ogoann](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/ogoann)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/need-for-large-private-shared-space-for-collabortive-project/1514 "2026-09-18T18:42:35Z")

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My student and I are working on a project where we will be reducing and analyzing a large number of datasets. This will require that we both have access to some shared space. I see we can create folders in shared-storage…

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## [ZTF IBE search/ztf/products/sci timeouts from Fornax terminal (frontpage + TAP OK)](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/ztf-ibe-search-ztf-products-sci-timeouts-from-fornax-terminal-frontpage-tap-ok/1480)

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**Author:** [@robot1447](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/robot1447)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/ztf-ibe-search-ztf-products-sci-timeouts-from-fornax-terminal-frontpage-tap-ok/1480 "2026-09-18T00:22:14Z")

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Location: Fornax Science Console Terminal, Medium server, ~/p9tool, micromamba env p9 (python 3.11) What I was doing: testing ZTF data access for p9tool-fornax 1.1.0b4 before running validation gates. doctor --online fa…

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## [Emergency Fornax Update - 2000 Hours EST](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/emergency-fornax-update-2000-hours-est/1491)

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**Author:** [@asawyers](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/asawyers)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/emergency-fornax-update-2000-hours-est/1491 "2026-09-17T23:49:20Z")

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We apologize for the short notice. An emergency bug fix is being deployed. Most users will not see any impact; however, if you are currently running a notebook, it may be shut down and will need to be restarted. We apolo…

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## [How do I use local XSPEC models](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/how-do-i-use-local-xspec-models/1477)

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**Author:** [@azoghbi](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/azoghbi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 2:07pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/how-do-i-use-local-xspec-models/1477 "2026-09-17T14:07:23Z")

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Sharing this question from a user in case others run to the same issue: I am running XSPEC in the terminal of Fornax’s JupyterLab. I am attempting to use the model relxill for spectral fitting. From my understanding, r…

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## [Dashboard showing incorrect information and no progress bar on start up](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/dashboard-showing-incorrect-information-and-no-progress-bar-on-start-up/1353)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/dashboard-showing-incorrect-information-and-no-progress-bar-on-start-up/1353 "2026-08-31T16:48:46Z")

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My production science console dashboard looks like this currently: Which is very much not correct. The “Running Jupyter Servers” count is also incorrect, in addition to the credit usage stuff. Also, I experienced a …

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## [Hands-On OpenUniverse2024 Roman/Rubin Simulations Workshop, Fornax User Panel, and Scratch Storage](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/hands-on-openuniverse2024-roman-rubin-simulations-workshop-fornax-user-panel-and-scratch-storage/1214)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/hands-on-openuniverse2024-roman-rubin-simulations-workshop-fornax-user-panel-and-scratch-storage/1214 "2026-08-20T08:41:29Z")

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Important dates: August 21 (Friday): Fornax User Panel nominations due August 31: OpenUniverse2024 workshop registration deadline Hands-On Science with OpenUniverse2024 Roman and Rubin Simulations Join us for this fre…

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## [Disk quota exceeded error despite being assigned much more home storage than I am using](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/disk-quota-exceeded-error-despite-being-assigned-much-more-home-storage-than-i-am-using/1073)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/disk-quota-exceeded-error-despite-being-assigned-much-more-home-storage-than-i-am-using/1073 "2026-08-05T16:07:13Z")

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I was given a code 122 OS error earlier while downloading some data into my home directory (“Disk quota exceeded”). The data in question were relatively small, a few GBs probably, and more to the point I am using around…

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## [Help Shape the Future of Fornax](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/help-shape-the-future-of-fornax/1129)

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**Author:** [@gailr](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/gailr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/help-shape-the-future-of-fornax/1129 "2026-07-31T21:26:44Z")

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Dear user of NASA Astrophysics cloud compute, We are convening a User Panel composed of researchers from the community to give us feedback on the Fornax. We would like to invite you to nominate yourself or others\*\* to p…

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## [Manage Scratch Storage from the Dashboard](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/manage-scratch-storage-from-the-dashboard/1109)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/manage-scratch-storage-from-the-dashboard/1109 "2026-07-27T17:10:07Z")

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You can now manage your own scratch storage space directly from the Fornax Dashboard! Scratch storage is a working area for large data in cases where your S3 storage isn’t performant enough and your home directory is too…

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## [JupyterLab Idle Timeout for Long-Running Data Extraction](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/jupyterlab-idle-timeout-for-long-running-data-extraction/1087)

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**Author:** [@christinanguyen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/christinanguyen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 11:13pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/jupyterlab-idle-timeout-for-long-running-data-extraction/1087 "2026-07-21T23:13:42Z")

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I am using JupyterLab to process and extract a catalog of SPHEREx spectra. My script requires a longer runtime than the current server session allows, and the JupyterLab server appears to shut down before the job finishe…

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## [New Fornax Features, HATS Catalogs, and Notebooks](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/new-fornax-features-hats-catalogs-and-notebooks/1083)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/new-fornax-features-hats-catalogs-and-notebooks/1083 "2026-07-20T18:40:46Z")

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This month: Curated notebooks from MAST, HEASARC, and IRSA are now available directly on Fornax. New HATS Catalogs for GALEX and Hubble, and updates for PanSTARRS. New notebooks for moving object searches and ZTF light…

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## [Critical bug in pySAS](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/critical-bug-in-pysas/962)

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**Author:** [@rjtanner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/rjtanner)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/critical-bug-in-pysas/962 "2026-07-07T15:55:38Z")

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I found a critical bug in pySAS v2.4.3 (the current version in the sas environment). I have put out a patch to fix the problem with v2.4.4. If we could get that updated as soon as possible that would be great. Sorry to …

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## [Fornax Science Console down from 5-6 PM EDT](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/fornax-science-console-down-from-5-6-pm-edt/1044)

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**Author:** [@gailr](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/gailr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/fornax-science-console-down-from-5-6-pm-edt/1044 "2026-07-06T21:06:02Z")

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Hello, The Fornax Science Console will be down from 5-6 PM EDT today for implementation of NASA-mandated infrastructure. After 6 PM EDT you should be able to login again. If you experience difficulties after that, pleas…

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## [Hands-on Fornax at AAS - Register by June 12!](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/hands-on-fornax-at-aas-register-by-june-12/947)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 8:41am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/hands-on-fornax-at-aas-register-by-june-12/947 "2026-06-01T08:41:15Z")

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Join us at the AAS meeting in Pasadena, California this month for “An Introduction to Fornax” workshop and several other Fornax-related events! See Fornax Initiative at the 248th AAS Meeting for details. Late registrat…

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## [New HATS Catalogs, High Energy Analysis Support, and Notebook Tutorials](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/new-hats-catalogs-high-energy-analysis-support-and-notebook-tutorials/937)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/new-hats-catalogs-high-energy-analysis-support-and-notebook-tutorials/937 "2026-05-28T08:27:33Z")

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Announcing HATS data products for DELVE, SDSS, DES, DESI, and ZTF; analysis tools on Fornax for high energy spectra, images, and tables; SPHEREx Mosaic tool + tutorial and SPLICES catalog; and OpenUniverse2024 data acces…

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## [Best way to parallel-reduce a lot of XMM-Newton data?](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/best-way-to-parallel-reduce-a-lot-of-xmm-newton-data/896)

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**Author:** [@ogoann](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/ogoann)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/best-way-to-parallel-reduce-a-lot-of-xmm-newton-data/896 "2026-05-27T16:43:51Z")

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I am reducing a lot (~100s) of XMM-Newton datasets using python notebooks that call terminal SAS commands. When I want to reduce more than one dataset on my local machine, I make sure to use separate jupyter kernel for e…

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## [Request for more home storage](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/request-for-more-home-storage/916)

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**Author:** [@djturner](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/djturner)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/request-for-more-home-storage/916 "2026-05-27T16:36:09Z")

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Please could I get an increase in home storage, to 500GB? It will help my analyses of large sets of X-ray data, as well as in my Fornax role by making it easier to develop the best practises for large-scale X-ray work o…

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## [Download results from Fornax](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/download-results-from-fornax/445)

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**Author:** [@matteobachetti](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/matteobachetti)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/download-results-from-fornax/445 "2026-05-18T16:55:34Z")

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I have a large (8GB) tarball I would like to download from Fornax, and I try to do that from the data browser on the left, but the process fails almost immediately. Is there a preferred way? Thanks in advance! Matteo

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## [System Downtime this Saturday, May 16](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/system-downtime-this-saturday-may-16/904)

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**Author:** [@raen](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/u/raen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.fornax.sciencecloud.nasa.gov/t/system-downtime-this-saturday-may-16/904 "2026-05-16T14:49:05Z")

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The Fornax Science Console will be unavailable for a short period this Saturday, May 16, while we complete system upgrades. The downtime will begin at 8am EDT and is expected to last for 2 hours. Thank you for your patie…

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