<s>
The	O
aXe	O
-	O
Spectral	O
Extraction	O
and	O
Visualization	O
software	O
is	O
designed	O
to	O
process	O
large	O
format	O
astronomical	O
slitless	O
spectroscopic	O
images	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
obtained	O
with	O
the	O
Advanced	B-Algorithm
Camera	I-Algorithm
for	I-Algorithm
Surveys	I-Algorithm
(	O
ACS	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
Hubble	O
Space	O
Telescope	O
(	O
HST	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
aXe	O
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
a	O
subpackage	O
for	O
IRAF	B-Application
(	O
Image	B-Application
Reduction	I-Application
and	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Facility	I-Application
-	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
software	O
system	O
for	O
the	O
reduction	O
and	O
analysis	O
of	O
astronomical	O
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
various	O
aXe	O
task	O
can	O
be	O
executed	O
within	O
PyRAF	O
,	O
a	O
command	O
language	O
that	O
runs	O
IRAF	B-Application
tasks	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
