XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


emask (emask-2.16) [22.0.0-9173c7d25-20250127]

Parameters

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

Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints
expimageset	yes	filename	expimage.fits
Names of exposure images
detmaskset	yes	filename	detmask.fits
Name of detection mask file
detmasktable	no	string	MASK
Name of detection mask table (may be PRIMARY)
threshold1	no	float	0.3	[0.0$<$param$<$1.0]
Threshold parameter 1: fraction of maximum exposure
threshold2	no	float	0.5	[0.0$<$param$<$10.0]
Threshold parameter 2: threshold for gradient of exposure
withregionset	no	binary	false
Read a FITS region file and exclude circular/box regions from the mask
regionset	no	filename	region.fits
Name of the FITS region file providing the regions to be excluded
Parameter	Mand	Type	Default	Constraints