Observation Summary

OBSID:1342253733
Instrument:PACS
AOR label:Calibration_RPSpecFlux_1-RPSpecFlux_433B_nStdRange_UnchopFluxB2B_HD161796_05
Proposal:Calibration_rppacs_161
Target:HD161796
Actual RA:17h 44m 55.66s
Actual Dec.:50° 2' 39.77''
Purpose:offSelector
Concat.:[1342253733, 1342253734]
OD:1256
Start:2012-10-21T01:18:53.000000 TAI (1729473533000000)
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:2017-01-14T10:55:49.837000 TAI (1863082549837000)
Mission configuration:MC_H102ASTR_P70ASTR_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 1342253734
The offset between the central spaxel and the requested sky coordinates is  1.97" 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.