eimagecombine prefix='M31_' \
maskindividual=1 \
epn_weight='1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0' \
em1_weight='1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0' \
em2_weight='1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0' \
templatebands='0 2 3' \
exposureband='2' \
ecut=2000. \
keepinterstage=0 \
smoothstyle='adaptive' \
minwidth=2.0 \
maxwidth=50.0 \
desiredsnr=6.0 \
nconvolvers=50
Here, only the final images are kept and have the prefix “M31_”. EPIC-pn and MOS exposures are not weighted. The images are smoothed adaptively, using one smoothing template for all energy bands. The template is calculated to have a desired signal to noise ratio of 6.0 for the combination of the energy bands 0, 2, and 3. The images are masked to ensure a total (pn + MOS1 + MOS2) exposure above 2000 sec.