XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


XMMextractor_tools (pyutils-0.8.5) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Current functions

At the moment, these are the current functions present in XMMextractor_tools:

• ODF_times: Searches in the SUM.SAS file the duration and times of the observation.
• angular_distance: Returns in degrees the angular distance between two objectives.
• add_source_to_region_file: Creates a region file text that can be read with ds9.
• produce_ps_file: Produces a PS file.
• deg_to_hours: Transforms degrees to hours.
• deg_to_sexagesimal: Transform degrees into sexagesimmal degrees.
• event_file_spectral_info: returns information regarding the timing of the event file.
• get_back_scale: returns the backscale.
• get_area_scale: returns the areascale.
• get_entries: Returns the number of entries loaded in the header of a FITS file.
• print_sas_setup: shows the information regarding the current SAS setup.
• set_coordinates: set the coordinates for a given Observation object (from pyOAL).
• produce_image: produces an image for EPIC.
• produce_image_4GUI: produce an image to be used for the GUI.
• produce_smooth_image: produces an smooth image.
• GTI_file_info: returns the ONTIME parameter for a GTI file.
• get_OM_science_modes: returns a tuple of booleans representing the current science modes available for the observation.
• get_bkg_region_SP_creation: returns the background information for a region.
• get_src_region_SP_creation: returns the source information for a region.
• get_src_region_LC: returns the source region information (for light curves)
• event_file_info: returns basic information concerning an event files.
• get_bkg_region_LC: returns the background region information (for light curve)
• prepare_region_log_file: Writes into a log file the information from a region.
• build_expression: Writes a basic expression for either a source or background region.