Observation Summary

OBSID:1342243542
Instrument:PACS
AOR label:Calibration_RPSpecFlux_1-RPSpecFlux_433B_nStdRange_UnchopFluxB2B_HD161796_04
Proposal:Calibration_rppacs_131
Target:HD161796
Actual RA:17h 44m 55.29s
Actual Dec.:50° 2' 39.44''
Purpose:offSelector
Concat.:[1342243542, 1342243543]
OD:1046
Start:2012-03-25T17:17:51.000000 TAI (1711387071000000)
Duration:368.0 seconds (incl. spacecraft on-target slew time)

AOT and instrument configuration:

AOT:PacsRangeSpec
Mode:Pointed, unchopped grating scan
Bands:B2B 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:2017-01-14T10:34:29.365000 TAI (1863081269365000)
Mission configuration:MC_H98ASTR_P69ASTR_S66ASTR_RP
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 1342243543
The offset between the central spaxel and the requested sky coordinates is  1.88" 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.