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Revision as of 16:11, 24 January 2023
NuSTAR data extraction
Preparation: This step unpacks the data of both FPM to the specified 'prepdir'. The example observation is of Mrk 335.
#!/bin/csh set revolution = '6' set obsid = '60001041005' set datadir = /data/X-ray/NuSTAR/data/$revolution/$obsid set prepdir = /userdata/data/$user/whereever/you/want nuprepare --datadir=$datadir --prepdir=$prepdir --all
Spectrum and Lightcurve Extraction:
Now you can take a look at the raw images in prepdir/reprocessed/nu-obsid-A-or-B-01_cl.evt using ds9. Create a region by clicking at the source and choose a circular region between 50 and 120'' radius centered on the source. You can save the coordinates under Region->Save Regions... as .reg-file use the default coordinate system.
Choose and save another region for the background spectrum that does not contain any sources and make it as large as possible. Be careful that it is still within NuSTAR's FOV.
Now we can extract the spectrum using nuextract:
#!/bin/csh set revolution = '6' set obsid = '60001041005' set prepdir = /userdata/data/$user/whereever/you/want set name = extraction_a set bkg = $prepdir/reprocessed/fpma_bkg.reg set src = $prepdir/reprocessed/fpma_src.reg nuextract --prepdir=$prepdir --name=$name --srcreg=$src --bkgreg=$bkg --fpm='A' set name = extraction_b set bkg = $prepdir/reprocessed/fpmb_bkg.reg set src = $prepdir/reprocessed/fpmb_src.reg nuextract --prepdir=$prepdir --name=$name --srcreg=$src --bkgreg=$bkg --fpm='B'
For time- or energy-limited extractions take a look at:
nuextract --help
Version information
In order to find out the version of the NuSTARDAS and CALDB your data were extracted with, you can use the following commands:
fdump <fits_file_of_interest> page=no | grep -i nustardas fdump <fits_file_of_interest> page=no | grep -i caldb
Known Issues
Very long file and directory names can cause crashes in nuextract.