Observation Summary

OBSID:1342232538
Instrument:PACS
AOR label:Calibration_RPSpecFlux_1-RPSpecFlux_433B_StdRange_UnchopFluxB3A_NeptuneOff_2
Proposal:Calibration_rppacs_112
Target:Neptune Off OD 919
Actual RA:22h 1m 28.82s
Actual Dec.:-12° 44' 25.4''
Purpose:offSelector
Concat.:---
OD:919
Start:2011-11-19T05:54:47.000000 TAI (1700373287000000)
Duration:376.0 seconds (incl. spacecraft on-target slew time)

AOT and instrument configuration:

AOT:PacsRangeSpec
Mode:Pointed, unchopped grating scan
Bands:B3A R1 (prime diffraction orders selected)
Sampling:High (default spectral mapping)
Nod cycles:1

Observation block summary

Name(*)CameraIDBand(*)ReqWaveMin(*)ReqWaveMax(*)WaveMinWaveMaxRepetitions(*)ActualRepCapacitanceOutOfBandChannel
micrometermicrometermicrometermicrometerpF
B3Ablue2B3A59.78060.24059.66260.371240.14Noprime
-red102R1--178.946181.101240.14Noparallel
(*) = requested in HSPOT

System configuration summary

SPG pipeline version:SPG v14.2.0
SPG pipeline products creation date:2016-07-26T09:21:29.391000 TAI (1848216089391000)
Mission configuration:MC_H90ASTR_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 1342232537
The offset between the central spaxel and the requested sky coordinates is  1.58" 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.