Urania

The folks behind SAOImage DS9 have now released version 5.1. The big change I’ve noticed since the last version is that version 5.1 works without issues under Leopard’s new X11 implementation. Of course, the disadvantage is you now must download a version compatible with your OS version as well as your CPU.

• If you want the Aqua (MacOS X native version, download the appropriate one of the following files. If you want to use the Aqua-native version from IRAF, you will need to access the command-line binary within the SAOImage DS9.app application bundle as “SAOImage\ DS9.app/Contents/MacOS/ds9“.
  • MacOSX 10.4 Tiger Aqua Interface, Universal (PPC and Intel)
  • MacOSX 10.5 Leopard Aqua Interface, Universal (PPC and Intel)
• If you want the X11-based command line driven version
  • Darwin PPC 10.4 Tiger version
  • Darwin Intel 10.4 Tiger version
  • Darwin PPC 10.5 Leopard version
  • Darwin Intel 10.5 Leopard version

More detailed release notes are available here. See my previous post on SAOImage DS9 5.0 to see how it is possible to upgrade the binaries included with SciSoft OSX.