Observation Summary

OBSID:1342227629
Instrument:PACS
AOR label:Calibration_RPSpecFlux_1-RPSpecFlux_433B_StdRS_UnchopFluxB2A_HD161796Off_03
Proposal:Calibration_rppacs_96
Target:HD161796 Off
Actual RA:17h 44m 55.6s
Actual Dec.:50° 5' 38.19''
Purpose:offSelector
Concat.:---
OD:839
Start:2011-08-31T05:56:26.000000 TAI (1693461386000000)
Duration:190.0 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

Observation block summary

Name(*)CameraIDBand(*)ReqWaveMin(*)ReqWaveMax(*)WaveMinWaveMaxRepetitions(*)ActualRepCapacitanceOutOfBandChannel
micrometermicrometermicrometermicrometerpF
Key B2Ablue2B2A59.75060.25059.55460.588240.14Noprime
-red102R1--119.077121.164240.14Noparallel
(*) = requested in HSPOT

System configuration summary

SPG pipeline version:SPG v14.2.0
SPG pipeline products creation date:2016-07-25T23:01:27.341000 TAI (1848178887341000)
Mission configuration:MC_H88ASTR_P67ASTR_S63ASTR_RP
Processed to level:RED: 2.0 BLUE: 2.0
Quality Control:PASSED
Action:NONE

Quality comments

Off source observation in an unchopped range-scan pair; matched with the on-source observation 1342227628
The offset between the central spaxel and the requested sky coordinates is  1.60" 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.