XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


attcalc (attcalc-4.39) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Parameters

This section documents the parameters recognized by this task (if any).

Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints
eventset	yes	string
input events set
attitudelabel	no	string	ahf	ahf/fixed/om
source of attitude data
refpointlabel	no	string	pnt	nom/obj/pnt/user
source of celestial coordinates of central reference point
fixedra	no	real	0.0	0$-$360
Value specifying RA of S/C's attitude in the equatorial, earth-centred reference frame (if attitudelabel=fixed)
fixeddec	no	real	0.0	-90$-$+90
Values specifying Dec of S/C's attitude in the equatorial, earth-centred reference frame (if attitudelabel=fixed)
fixedposangle	no	real	0.0	-180$-$+360
Values specifying position angle of S/C's attitude in the equatorial, earth-centred reference frame (if attitudelabel=fixed) (see comments)
nominalra	no	real	0.0	0$-$360
celestial RA coordinate of central reference point (if refpointlabel=user)
nominaldec	no	real	0.0	-90$-$+90
celestial Dec coordinate of central reference point (if refpointlabel=user)
imagesize	no	real	0.36
half-size of final image (in degrees) (see comments)
withatthkset	no	logical	Y	Y/N
Use atthkgen output file
atthkset	no	string	atthk.dat
atthkgen output file
withmedianpnt	no	logical	Y	Y/N
Get median PNT values from atthkgen file (otherwise mean)?
calctlmax	no	logical	N	Y/N
Calculate TLMIN, TLMAX values from the actual range of X,Y?
setpnttouser	no	logical	N	Y/N
Set the RA_PNT, DEC_PNT header keywords to the user supplied, nominalra, nominaldec values ?
Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints