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The ASCA Data Reduction Guide
(Otherwise known as the ABC Guide)
Version 2.0
ASCA Guest Observer Facility
Laboratory for High Energy Astrophysics
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. DATA FILES
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 FITS Files
- 2.3 Data Processing Versions
- 2.4 Three Levels of ASCA Data Files
- 2.5 Basic File Structure
- 2.6 Important Keywords and Columns in ASCA FITS Events Files
- 2.6.1 RAWX/Y, DETX/Y, X/Y Columns and RA/DEC_NOM Keywords
- 2.6.2 TIME Column and TIMESYS, MJDREF, TSTART, TSTOP Keywords
- 2.6.3 GIS PHA, PI Columns
- 2.6.4 GIS RISE_TIME, RTI Columns
- 2.6.5 GIS MPC Mode Files
- 2.6.6 SIS PHA, PHAS, GRADE, PI Columns
- 2.7 MKF Files
- 2.8 Housekeeping Files
- 3. GIS ISSUES
- 4. SIS ISSUES
- 5. SCREENING CRITERIA
- 6. SCREENING
- 7. FILTERS
- 8. SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
- 9. TEMPORAL ANALYSIS
- 10. Spatial Analysis
- 11. APPENDICES
- About this document ...
Michael Arida
2002-10-22