Observation Summary

OBSID:1342199739
Instrument:PACS
AOR label:Calibration_RPSpecFlux_1-RPSpecFlux_433B_nStdRange_UnchopFluxB2A_AlpBoo_0001
Proposal:Calibration_rppacs_28
Target:alpha Boo
Actual RA:14h 15m 38.99s
Actual Dec.:19° 10' 34.2''
Purpose:Undefined
Concat.:[1342199739, 1342199740]
OD:415
Start:2010-07-03T12:10:01.000000 TAI (1656850201000000)
Duration:366.0 seconds (incl. spacecraft on-target slew time)

AOT and instrument configuration:

AOT:PacsRangeSpec
Mode:Pointed, unchopped grating scan
Bands:B2A R1 (prime diffraction orders selected)
Sampling:High (default spectral mapping)
Nod cycles:1


System configuration summary

SPG pipeline version:SPG v14.2.0
SPG pipeline products creation date:2017-01-14T09:44:24.117000 TAI (1863078264117000)
Mission configuration:MC_H42ASTR_P52ASTR_S55ASTR_AO
Processed to level:RED: 2.5 BLUE: 2.5
Quality Control:PASSED
Action:NONE

Quality comments

On source observation in an unchopped range-scan pair; matched with the off-source observation 1342199740
The offset between the central spaxel and the requested sky coordinates is  1.74" in the dispersion direction.
If the target is point-like and is offset from the centre of a spaxel in the dispersion direction, the spectral line 
profiles will develop a skew. This skewed Gaussian profile becomes more extreme as the offset increases. 
Be aware that this can be confused with real velocity structure.
This will affect spectra from a single spaxel of a rebinned cube (products with filenames "..hps3dr[r|b].."), 
and combined spaxel-spectra, i.e. added rebinned cube spaxels, or single spaxels from an interpolated or projected cube
(products with filenames "..hps3di[r|b].." or "..hps3dp[r|b].."). See the "PACS Handbook" for more information.