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We introduce a new, open-source, Python module for the acquisition and processing of archival data from many X-ray
telescopes, Democratising Archival X-ray Astronomy (hereafter referred to as [Daxa]{.smallcaps}). The aim of
[Daxa]{.smallcaps} is to provide a unified, easy-to-use, Python interface to the disparate X-ray telescope data
archives and their processing packages. We provide this interface for the majority of X-ray telescopes launched
archives and their processing tools. We provide this interface for the majority of X-ray telescopes launched
within the last 30 years. This module enables much greater access to X-ray data for non-specialists, while
preserving low-level control of processing for X-ray experts. The package is useful for identifying relevant
preserving low-level control of processing for X-ray experts. It is useful for identifying relevant
observations of a single object of interest, but it excels at creating and managing multi-mission datasets for
serendipitous or targeted studies of large samples of X-ray emitting objects. Once relevant observations are
identified, the raw data can be downloaded (and optionally processed) through [Daxa]{.smallcaps}, or pre-processed
event lists, images, and exposure maps can be downloaded if they are available. As we may enter an `X-ray desert', with
no new X-ray missions coming online, during the next decade, archival data will take on even greater importance, and
enhanced access to those archives will be vital to the continuation of X-ray astronomy.
event lists, images, and exposure maps can be downloaded if they are available. With at least a decade-long `X-ray
desert' on the horizon, archival data will take on even greater importance, and enhanced access to those archives
will be vital to the continuation of X-ray astronomy.

# Statement of need
X-ray observations provide a powerful view of some of the most extreme processes in the Universe, and have had a
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