clear - Clear input files, filters, selections, or everything
cpd - Equivalent to set device
exit - Exit from xselect
extract - Extract image, spectrum or (light) curve from data
help - Obtain help on commands and syntax
filter - Set filters to be applied to the next extraction
plot - Plot spectrum, light curve, image, HK parameter(mkf), or other
quit - Exit from xselect
read events - Read in the events data
save - Save current session, product FITS file, spectrum, light
curve, image
select mkf - Apply Boolean expressions for data selection, for creating
GTI intervals from HK or filter files, and for filtering the
observation catalogue.
set - Sets the mission, instrument and plot device, and the
column names, and binsizes for extract.
show - Show data files, obscat, parameters, selections, or status
stop - Exit from xselect
abc - Apply Barycentric Corrections to ROSAT event data.
bct - Produce a Barycenter Correction Table from ROSAT orbit data
extpha - [P] Extracts source spectrum files from PSPC _src files
fixrev0pha - Changes the CDELT1 and CDELT2 keywords in a ROSAT PHA file
gevt2rdf - Converts a German _events dataset to RDF _bas format
hiback - [P] Creates _qsrc file from _src file
hriaspcor - Use Morse's method to correct aspect errors
hriexpmap - Creates exposure map for given ROSAT HRI observational dataset
hrifilt - Creates a ROSAT HRI makefilter file
hrirpsf - Calculates theoretical HRI PSF
img2us - Converts from German Image file format to US RFITS format
mkqsrc - Adds extra fields for quality screening to ROSAT source file
mk_allevt - [P] Combines standard \& rejected events tables of an RDF file
pcarf - Generates a ROSAT PSPC ARF for an input PHA file
pcecor - Corrects PI channel in Events file
pcexpmap - Creates exposure map for ROSAT PSPC observation
pcfilt - Creates a ROSAT PSPC makefilter file
pcparpha - Generates a background PHA spectrum for ROSAT PSPC
pcpicor - [P] Corrects PI channel in Events file
pcsasscor - Corrects PI channel in PSPC events file
pcrpsf - Calculates a theoretical radial PSF for the ROSAT PSPC
pctcor - Corrects PI channel in Events file
pcecor - Applies energy dependant correction to PI channel in Events file
rosbary - [P] Perform barycentric correction for ROSAT. (Runs abc \& bct)
src2pha - Creates a PHA file from specified extensions in an RDF src file
[P] Perl script. You must have Perl installed to use this tool.
Some FTOOLs used in ROSAT analysis are applicable to data from other missions, and so reside in a more general FTOOLS package:
calcrpsf - Calculates a radial point spread function
caldbinfo - Checks whether a local CALDB is correctly installed
for a user
rbnrpsf - Rebins a radial point spread function
rpsf2eef - Converts a radial PSF (RPSF) dataset to a radial
encircled energy function (REEF) dataset.
rpsfqdp - Converts OGIP format radial profile file to ASCII QDP
st2rpsf - Reads STWFITS file and writes an OGIP RPSF file
stw2pha - Converts stw PHA file to OGIP FITS format
bkg - Subtract a background from a binned light curve
extrpsf - ExtractS radial PSF (RPSF) dataset from an event file.
grppha - Manipulates OGIP standard PHA FITS file
mathpha - Performs mathematical operations on PHA files
rbnpha - Compresses a PHA dataset
burst - Remove bursts of events from time ordered event list
farith - Perform arithmetic on 2 FITS images
fdump - Dump contents of a FITS table to an ASCII file
fhelp - Display help pages for an FTOOL task
fkeyprint - Display keyword(s) in FITS header(s)
flcol - List column information in a FITS table extension
fplot - Plot columns in a FITS file using QDP/PLT package
fstatistic - Calculate mean, standard deviation, min, and max for a column
fstruct - List a description of the structure of a FITS file
plist - List parameters from task parameter files
pset - Set one or more parameters in task parameter file
punlearn - Get a copy of the system parameter file (reset task pars)
sky2xy - Transform from sky to pixel coordinates using WCS keywords
xy2sky - Transform from pixel to sky coordinates using WCS keywords