Integral AO Tools Software User Manual
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1. Output of the OTE only will be used by ISOC during the technical feasibility assessment and during the proposal evaluation by TAC OTE is accessed via the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools 3 1 Using OTE 3 1 1 Input e Select an instrument SPI or IBIS e Select a continuum or line source For a continuum calculation the user must set the lower and upper energies The allowed range is 15 keV 10 MeV OTE assumes a power law spectrum and the photon spectral index must be specified If you wish to perform calculations for a continuum source please make sure to read section 3 2 For a line source input the central energy and line width FWHM If the line is unresolved a line width of 0 1 keV 1s sufficient e Specify the S N or the exposure time e Specify the source flux This is the integrated broad band flux in units of photons cm in either the selected energy range for the continuum or integrated over the full width at zero intensity FWZI for a line Beware The continuum sensitivity curves in the SPI and IBIS Observer s manuals are presented using different units monochromatic flux density 1 e photons cm s keV Enter the source position optional in either degrees or sexagesimal notation J2000 OTE accesses the 3 ISGRI catalogue and warns the user if there are any nearby bright sources a bright source in the partially coded field of view can sever2. summary Panel Please make sure you have attached the latest version of your scientific justification for obtaining data rights The requirements are described in detail in the AO amp Data Right Proposal document available for download from http www sciops esaint index php project INTEGRAL amp page A08S Summary of sources Target Name 4U 1608 522 RA Dec G2000 16h 12m 43 08 52d 25m 23 05 Warning Only the above sources will be considered for approval Figure 7 The Summary Panel By clicking Submit PGT will attempt to establish a connection with a computer at ISOC that has been set up to receive proposals Once it is established the proposal will be sent If the proposal was sent successfully the following dialogue will be displayed Figure 8 Submit Proposal Proposal submitted successfully Please allow some time 20 min for the confirmation e mail to be sent If you do not receive e mail confirmation within 24 hours please contact the SOC Helpdesk at inthelp sciops es aint k a Figure amp Successful Submission dialogue Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 12 of 19 Upon receipt of a proposal the computer at the ISOC performs further checks and sends a receipt confirmation e mail message This e mail can take some time around 20 min If the proposal passes the checks a Proposal ID w
3. INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre Announcement of Opportunity for Observing Proposals AO 9 Integral AO Tools Software User Manual INT OAG 1 1 0354 Dc Issue 1 0 5 September 2011 Prepared by S de Castro M Bindels Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL rect o ssue Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 2 of 19 Document Status Sheet Integral AO Tools Software User Manual a ooo 5 September 2011 Issue for AO 9 Second Phase Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL rece i ssue i Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 3 of 19 Table of Contents Me AMONG OB E E E A E eco E weecee someest E E cmeeue lt gadeseasesescueseae 4 2 Proposal Generation Tool POT access tose ect necepealiee n e aE 5 2k FPO N GON e E AE A E A E quest J PN A O E E e EE E A E A E A A E EE 5 2 1 2 The Admin Proposal and Observation Details Panels 0 0 0 ccccceccccccesssseeeeeeeeeeeeeees 6 22 Savine loading and Pring sossen E E EE E E a aE 9 Dio E EEE A EEA E DAAE 9 DZ LO a E E ER E E A 9 Pa PNUD ea E E E E E A E EE 10 29 SUOMI a proposal to TS OC aces ses tenctrepteccenas taint nn i aa andiae 10 23l SMO IAM US TOR me MrS UME eieiei E E EE ER 11 Lo Roo 1 UO DOS AN eE E E E N 12 2 3 3 Obtaining a copy of a submitted proposal from ISOC 2 0 eccccccessseseseeeeeeeeeees 12 3 Observing Time Estimator O UE siscoicssnstqatisnetincvarsreistusdavictsbetenDtan
4. Input e Source Name Optional Entering the source name and pressing Get Simbad Coordinates will fill in RA and Dec coordinates If the name is not found in the Simbad database you will need to fill in RA and Dec e RA and Dec J2000 In either of the formats shown on the web page e Dither pattern For hexagonal or 5x5 dither patterns the TVP checks whether all points in the dither pattern are visible not just the centre e Start and End date For the period of interest Defaults are start and end dates of the current AO cycle Boundaries are start of the mission and end of the current AO cycle Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 17 of 19 although it is strongly recommended to cover only the period of interest Input should be in the format shown on the web page e Minimum Duration In seconds TVP will only return visibility of bins open for longer than this value In the DBOB bins can be open for as short as one second if the bin is at the edge of the Earth or Moon constraint However the short term observation scheduling system would never attempt to use such a bin We suggest 1800 seconds as a reasonable value which currently is the minimum exposure time e Maximum Duration In seconds The longest possible open duration for a skybin is approximately 64 hours This corresponds to the time during which INTEGRAL is continuously above
5. Panel DatarightS Help ie e S a INTEGRAL science Operations Centre Number f aft Source Name Position IGR J16479 4514 Energy band i Ra J2000 Dec J2000 Min Max Photon index _ ij E kev a kev lt lt 647 59 Extent type Energy gt Width keV kew Extent al Width gt Height Point M J deg deg photons cm2 s Figure 3 The Data rights Panel Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 9 of 19 ISOC Pol Data Rights Panel Panel Data Rights Help EGRAL delete perations Centre duplicate check go to copy n poet Position import source list Generate data rights from observations E Query Proposals onthe Web Ra 92000 Dec 2000 Kaien CE e M mtam imal noe SS E Figure 4 The Data Rights Menu E Import Source List Source name RA 2000 hreminisec DEC J2000 degarcemin arcsec Figure 5 Import source list 2 2 Saving loading and printing 2 2 1 Saving To save a proposal at any time select File Save in the menu of the Main Panel see Figure 1 The save functionality has changed from previous versions of PGT Now it will save your proposal in a well formed xml file 2 2 2 Loading To load a saved proposal select File Open in the menu of the Main Panel It will ask for a xml file the standard format since AO 7 so you will need to generate it
6. Rights Panels PGT provides three details panels that encompass all the information about the proposal These include administrative details proposal details and observation details and are accessed by clicking the corresponding button in the Main Panel All fields in any panel that have a light yellow background are mandatory and cannot be left blank 2 1 2 1 Admin Details Panel This panel serves to enter contact information for the principal investigator 2 1 2 2 Proposal Details Panel This panel serves to enter the title and abstract of the proposal its scientific category and to attach the scientific justification Selecting the proposals to subscribe to is also done here Scientific Justification At the bottom of the Proposal Details Panel the button labelled Sci Justification Attachment see Figure 2 is used to attach the proposal s scientific justification in PDF format Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 7 of 19 Proposal Category Scientific Justification Filename Attach Scientific Justification ee List of Accepted Proposals Subscribe ID Proposal Title O 0920002 Probing relativistic electrons in the Galaxy and its halo 0920008 Broad Band Variability of Microquasars Integral observations of Cygnus X 1 and GRS 19154 105 9920009 Hercules X 1 Variability of the cyclotron line energy Ecyc a
7. Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 15 of 19 e All fluxes both for lines and continua should be given in units of photons cm s 11 Prospective IBIS users should also note the following e The continuum range of interest can straddle the energy ranges of ISGRI and PICsIT and be only partially inside the energy range of one or both If only one calculation is done for the entire range of interest both detector arrays might report a poorer response than is truly available If one does go beyond the energy range of a detector array a warning 1s given e In such a case we recommend calculating the broad band flux for the energy range of interest covered by ISGRI and by PICsIT separately and combining the results later 111 The contributions of Compton photons to the S N or observing time are not considered Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 16 of 19 4 Target Visibility Predictor TVP The Target Visibility Predictor TVP is a web based tool running at the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre at ESAC and made available to potential observers TVP is used to determine when a source is visible to INTEGRAL This is especially useful in determining whether INTEGRAL observations can be coordinated with other observatories and if phase dependent observations of binary systems for example can be performed TVP is acces
8. bscribe to In the Source section of the panel the name of the source entered in the Name field is checked against the Simbad NED and VisieR astronomical databases when pressing the Check Proposal button in the Main Panel After inserting the Name of your source you can press ctrl space to get Simbad coordinates of your source into the corresponding fields Ra Dec If the source name is not found 1 e because it is unknown a warning will appear in the Check Panel In addition to the two menu items that appear on all PGT panels namely Panel and Help the Data rights Panel has another one labelled Data rights see Figure 4 Under this menu item you can perform a number of actions add a new data rigths the display will show the new data rights delete duplicate or check the currently displayed data rights and go to a particular one copy n makes n copies of the current data rights and delete n deletes the range of data rights specified and import source list allows importing a list of sources from a text file which format uses tab character between the source name and the coordinates RA J2000 hr min sec DEC J2000 deg arcmin arcsec or by entering these fields directly into the table The action Generate data rights from observations is disabled during this phase Finally Query proposals on the Web will open a browser to the Proposal Query Tool querying all your sources gt IS0C PGT Data rights Panel
9. ed to ever remove an attachment only the last attachment is used Selecting Panel Reset will clear all fields and also remove the attachment Subscribing to proposals At the bottom of the panel see figure 2 there is a table showing the accepted proposals for AO 9 Each proposal has a checkbox It is possible to subscribe to different proposals by clicking the checkboxes PGT does not prevent you from subscribing to proposals whose field of view does not cover any of your sources Verifying adequate exposure time for the sources 1s at the responsibility of the PI and is easily done using the Proposal Query Tool see Chapter 6 for more information and a link Double clicking the proposal id or title brings up the science case and other details in your web browser The accepted proposals by Russian PIs have been marked with a flag subscription to these proposals is subject to conditions laid out in the AO documentation 2 1 2 3 Data Rights Panel This panel serves to enter the technical details of each data rights included in the proposal see Figure 3 http integral esac esa int isocweb queryProposals html action quer Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 8 of 19 As only subscriptions are accepted during this phase only the target source information has to be provided because all instrument settings are defined in the proposal s to su
10. ely deteriorate image quality e Select the desired dither pattern Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 14 of 19 This will take into account the off axis response of the instruments as INTEGRAL dithers a very important effect for SPI but less so for IBIS staring or HEX are not recommended We generally recommend the 5x5 dither pattern see the IBIS and SPI Observer s Manuals e Click the Query button 3 1 2 Output OTE returns e The original input values e Any nearby bright source information coordinates from the 3 ISGRI catalogue e Warnings if part of the selected energy band for the source calculation is outside the energy range of the selected instrument e Calculated exposure time or S N for the entire input energy range for continuum sources or for the FWZI line sources e For continuum sources the calculated exposure time or S N for the individual sub bands used in the back end calculations see section 3 2 These may be useful for example for determining the energy above which the source fades into the background 3 2 Continuum calculations a note on energy ranges While a broad energy range is allowed in the OTE input the OTE back end calculations themselves do not allow the use of a broad energy band e g 20 keV to 10 MeV The underlying algorithm in OTE calculates the average performance across a user de
11. ende awe lercthvieactouebdeemuidiacetes 13 So O E E care seen tvannvenet A E E AE A wegptarsctoeeceneet 13 FAE D E E E E E E E 13 FE OU ee A E E E E E E 14 3 2 Continuum calculations a note on energy ranges cceccccccccessseseeeecceeeeeaeeeseeeeeeeeeeeaas 14 2o HOAN GS era E A E E A E A AE EAR 14 d Laree VSD Predictor TY P eene E TEE 16 le YEW COTS a e E E E E E E E 16 42 How Visibilty is calculated cesen a E E A 16 ae E a A A E A E A EAE E A ETA 16 k A a E E E EE E E oe 16 e O E E E E E E E A E E 17 gt Epo we Map ToO EM anera n E T tit iecenphueete esa seectneceeusias 18 L U EMT a E E A TEE E 18 sL TT a E E AE E E 18 IE OUE e a E E E E E E E A 18 6 Proposal Query Tool POT eserenecmi ne E a E tian 19 CE A PO a A A E E E TE E E EE 19 OLL D n E E E A nocenanese eedenesercteee ont 19 PL2 OU OE a E E E E E E E E E 19 Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 4 of 19 1 Introduction The purpose of this document is to describe the use of the software tools made available to observers who wish to submit a proposal for INTEGRAL observations The Integral AO Tools provided by the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre ISOC include the Proposal Generation Tool PGT the Observation Time Estimator OTE the Target Visibility Predictor TVP the Exposure Map Tool EMT and the Proposal Query Tool PQT The latest version of these tools toget
12. fined continuum energy band given the flux of the source in that band However the sensitivity of the instruments can vary enormously over their energy ranges In addition the gamma ray instruments can have very rapid changes in sensitivity in a comparatively small range of energies especially around 511 keV Also many most gamma ray sources exhibit steep spectra so that they are very much fainter at higher energies Even for hard sources including the highest energies will result in very low S N due to the relatively high background at MeV energies compared to the source flux For these reasons in previous AOs OTE was restricted to energy bands which are narrower than the entire instrumental bandpass Of course the prospective observer may be in a situation where the continuum range of interest is rather wide To allow this the front end GUI of OTE allows the user to specify a wider band OTE splits the input energy range into narrower sub bands and assuming a power law spectrum with the flux and spectral index as user inputs calculates the flux within each sub band It then performs individual calculations on these sub bands of the S N or observation duration and finally combines these results into a global figure for the entire input energy band 3 3 Hints and warnings 1 Units Please be careful with units e Input and ouput time are in kiloseconds Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO
13. he selection and close the dialogue To print the entire proposal select File Print Proposal in the menu of the Main Panel A Print dialogue will appear and allow you to select a destination printer or file and start the print job The exact appearance of this dialogue will depend on the platform you are using The administrative details and the proposal details can be printed individually by selecting Panel Print in the menu bar of the corresponding panel Data rights details can be printed by selecting Panel Print 2 3 Submitting a proposal to ISOC The PGT allows you to send your proposal electronically to the ISOC To do this your computer must be connected to the Internet Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 11 of 19 2 3 1 Submitting for the first time Clicking the Submit Proposal to ISOC button in the lower part of the Main Panel see Figure 1 starts the submission process PGT will first check your proposal If it fails any checks the submission process will be aborted and you will need to correct the errors shown in the Failed Checks Panel If it passes the checks there might be also some warnings shown in the Failed Checks Panel but they will not prevent proposal submission Then a panel is displayed showing a summary of the proposal see Figure 7 Click Submit to send the proposal Cancel to abort the submission
14. her with the associated documentation 1s available from the ISOC web page http integral esac esa int If you discover a problem with any of the tools please read the Frequently Asked Questions FAQ at http www sciops esa int index php project INTEGRAL amp page FAQ If you do not find the answer to your question please contact the INTEGRAL Helpdesk inthelp sciops esa int Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 5 of 19 2 Proposal Generation Tool PGT PGT can be downloaded from http www sciops esa int index php project INTEGRAL amp page AO8S PGT There are two ways to install PGT Manual installation recommended Step 1 Download Save as PGT install jar Step 2 Start the installer If you are using Windows and newer versions of Mac Open the PGT install jar file by double clicking on it For other operating systems Start the installer from the command line java jar PGT install jar you must be in the same directory as the PGT install jar file Automatic installation only if you have Java Web Start installed Launch the PGT installer with Java Web Start using the link available in the page Install PGT using Java Web Start See the FAQ section http www sciops esa int index php project INTEGRAL amp page AO8S_PGT taq if you experience problems Once PGT has been successfully installed it is lau
15. ill be assigned to it and included in the message If it does not this will be stated in the email 2 3 2 Resubmitting a proposal If you realise you have made a mistake or simply want to make changes to a proposal you have already submitted you can resubmit a proposal using the Proposal ID Make the changes you wish to make to the proposal and enter the Proposal ID in the box provided at the bottom of the Main Panel see Figure 1 The Resubmit Proposal to ISOC button will be enabled and the Submit Proposal to ISOC button will be disabled When you click the Resubmit Proposal to ISOC button PGT will repeat the proposal submission process described above The computer at ISOC will use the Proposal ID entered to find the previous version of the proposal in the ISOC database If it is found the resubmitted proposal will replace the previous one If it is not found the receipt confirmation email message will inform you of that fact make sure the Proposal ID is correct In either of these cases simply submit the proposal as a new one without specifying an ID You will then be given a new ID that 1s compatible with your selection PGT cannot prevent a proposer from submitting the same proposal multiple times as new proposals A new Proposal ID will be generated for each new submission Therefore be cautious when resubmitting a modified version of the same proposal 2 3 3 Obtaining a copy of a submitted proposal from ISOC After submitt
16. ing a proposal it should be saved see section 2 2 for future reference and to allow for the possibility of resubmitting the proposal at a later date You can also request a copy of your proposal by sending an email to the ISOC Helpdesk inthelp sciops esa int stating that you would like a copy of your proposal referring to it with the corresponding Proposal ID It will be emailed to you at the address specified in the Admin Details Panel of PGT If another email address should be used specify this in the message Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 13 of 19 3 Observing Time Estimator OTE The Observing Time Estimator OTE is a web based tool running at the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre at ESAC and made available to potential observers The purpose of OTE is to give users a reliable guide as to the feasibility of their proposed observation For example given specific source characteristics spectrum flux OTE computes the signal to noise ratio S N achievable in a given observing time or conversely the integration time needed to achieve a desired S N OTE can currently be used only for INTEGRAL s main instruments SPI and IBIS Not for JEM X and OMC interested users should refer to the JEM X and OMC Observer s manual for details All INTEGRAL proposers shall use OTE in determining the duration of their proposed observations
17. nched by running an executable script called pst on UNIX like platforms clicking on the icon of the Application folder on Mac systems or by double clicking on the desktop icon on Windows systems 2 1 Entering data 2 1 1 The Main Panel When the PGT is launched the Main Panel is displayed Figure 1 This panel serves as the parent to the Admin Details Panel the Proposal Details Panel and the Data Rights Panel all of which can be accessed by clicking the appropriate button found in the top half of the Main Panel Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 6 of 19 These buttons open other panels in PGT gt Use this button to check your proposal iD Using this section you can submit your proposal Submit Submit Proposalto ISOC to SOC Figure 1 The Main Panel of PGT Below these three buttons there 1s a Check Proposal button that initiates a series of checks on the proposal and lists anything that is wrong or incomplete This check can be performed at any time The lower half of the Main Panel controls proposal submission or resubmission Clicking the Submit Proposal to ISOC button will send an electronic version of the proposal to the ISOC and you will be given an assigned number the proposal ID for any possible further submission of the same proposal to ISOC 2 1 2 The Admin Proposal and Data
18. nd the question of NS free precession 9920010 Active Galactic Nuclei jet composition particle acceleration high energy emission and their population 0920011 m Broad view on high energy Galactic background Galactic Center 0920012 m Broad view on high energy Galactic background Carina arm region 9920013 Continuation of 0820024 Determining the longitude distribution of the asymmetric e radiation from the 0920014 m Hard X ray spectroscopy of two ultraluminous X ray sources and a low luminosity AGN 0920016 Probing the nature of the circumstellar environment around periastron in SFXTs 0920017 m Hard X ray photometry and spectroscopy of 55433 by INTEGRAL 0920018 CONTINUING MONITORING OF NGC 4152000 0920021 Deep Galactic Anticentre Survey an INTEGRAL must 0920022 gm Study of the Large Magellanic Cloud and Supernova 1987A part Ill 0920024 Hard X ray study of the ultra compact X ray binary 4U 0614 091 9920025 Observing the Galactic Center Region with INTEGRAL L LJ L L L Figure 2 The Proposal Details Panel bottom part Having selected the attachment the name of the file will be shown in the Current Attachment box of the Proposal Details Panel Saving the proposal does not save the attachment but the full path to access it Hence there is no need to re attach the file every time the proposal is loaded except if you have changed the location of the file There is no ne
19. ossible to use the button Add in order to make a multiple query for a list of sources 6 1 2 Output The output of PQT is list of accepted proposals for each source proposal ID and total time in kilo seconds At the page bottom there is a summary of the unique proposal id s matching the list of sources The accepted proposals by Russian PIs have been marked using a blue background color see Figure 9 Each proposal id is a link to a web page showing the details of the proposal Proposal Query Tool Target coordinates Enter the source name and press the button Get Simbad Coordinates or enter in equatorial coordinates Right Ascension and Declination or galactic coordinates and b Equatorial coordinates Galactic coordinates Source Name cygnus x 1 Get Simbad Coordinates RA or1 299 5903333 Dec or b 35 2016056 Source Name vela Get Simbad Coordinates RA or 1 128 8360833 Dec or b 45 1764444 Query Add source Clear Source cygnus x 1 RA 299 5903333 Dec 35 2016056 matched in Proposal 0920008 674 6 ks Source vela RA 128 8360833 Dec 45 1764444 matched in Proposal 0920012 8 6 ks Summary The list of distinct proposals for your sources is 0920008 0920012 Figure 9 The Proposal Query Tool
20. sed via the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools 4 1 Viewing constraints INTEGRAL celestial viewing constraints are defined by power and thermal constraints Sun as well as star tracker blinding constraints Sun Earth and Moon The viewing constraints used in this tool are such that the pointing direction of the spacecraft must be greater than 50 degrees away from the Sun and the anti Sun and within 15 deg of the Earth s limb or within 10 degrees of the Moon s limb Since the Earth and Lunar orbits can be predicted very accurately it is also possible to predict when any part of the celestial sphere is visible to INTEGRAL 4 2 How visibility is calculated Sky visibility is calculated by dividing the sky into approximately rectangular cells of 10 x 10 degrees referred to as skybins The visibility of each corner of a skybin is determined for every revolution in the mission whenever INTEGRAL is above the Van Allen belts If all four corners are simultaneously visible that area of sky is deemed visible The calculation is therefore slightly conservative The results are stored in a Data Base of Observable Bins DBOB which contains the open and close times for every skybin during the mission and the resulting available duration This open interval never crosses revolution boundaries since science Operations are not performed in the Van Allen belts around perigee 4 3 Using TVP 4 3 1
21. the Van Allen belts Thus we suggest that the maximum duration never be greater than 228000 sec otherwise TVP would never find any skybins visible 4 3 2 Output The output of TVP is a summary of the input parameters and a time ordered list of when the source skybin is visible Each line in the list contains start and end times UTC and duration of visibility seconds Gaps of eight hours between successive visibility periods are usually due to Van Allen belt transit Shorter gaps are due to Earth or Moon constraints and longer gaps to Sun anti Sun constraints Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL a Issue Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 18 of 19 5 Exposure Map Tool EMT The Exposure Map Tool EMT is a web based application provided by ISOC It is accessed from the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools The EMT returns the total IBIS or SPI exposure time at the specified sky coordinate The exposure time is taken from pre calculated maps that cover the mission from its start until the end of the current AO and the predicted portion is based on the accepted programme 5 1 Using EMT 5 1 1 Input e Exposure map Select the desired exposure map from the list e Source Name Optional Entering the source name and pressing Get Simbad Coordinates will fill in RA and Dec coordinates If the name is not found in the Simbad database you will need
22. to fill in RA and Dec e RA and Dec J2000 In either of the formats shown on the web page 5 1 2 Output The output of EMT is a summary of the input parameters and the total time INTEGRAL has observed the target together with the details of the exposure map used POS and date Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 19 of 19 6 Proposal Query Tool PQT The Proposal Query Tool PQT is a web based tool running at the INTEGRAL Science Operations Centre at ESAC and made available to potential subscribers to accepted non TOO proposals PQT is used to get the approved proposals which match a given point in the sky The matching is done by the exposure time at that point INTEGRAL is expected to observe in the coming AO according to an exposure map IBIS observation maps PQT is accessed via the ISOC web site http integral esac esa int under INTEGRAL Observation Tools 6 1 Using PQT 6 1 1 Input e Target coordinates Choosing the type of coordinates equatorial coordinates or galactic coordinates will use RA and Dec or and b accordingly e Source Name Optional Entering the source name and pressing Get Simbad Coordinates will fill in RA 1 and Dec b coordinates If the name is not found in the Simbad database you will need to fill in RA I and Dec b e RA land Dec b J2000 In either of the formats shown on the web page It is p
23. using the save button or ask to ISOC support team by sending an email to the ISOC Helpdesk inthelp sciops esa int stating that you would like a copy of your proposal in xml format referring to it with the corresponding Proposal ID Doc No INT OAG 11 0354 De INTEGRAL Issue 1 0 Integral AO Tools Date 5 September 2011 Software User Manual Page 10 of 19 Old xml files can be loaded but it might be necessary to update some information old subscriptions will not be valid anymore and its information shall be entered again with the current available proposals If you modify the xml file on disk with other tools it might not be a valid PGT xml file any more and you might not be able to load your proposal 2 2 3 Printing To print a proposal or parts of it first choose the printing options by selecting File Print Options in the menu of the Main Panel This will open the Print Options dialog box see Fig 6 Print Options he Paper Size r Ad O US leler Av dildtle Forts Luxi Mono Luxi Sans Luxi Serif Font Sample The quies brown fox jumps over the lazi dog OK Cancel Figure 6 The Print Options dialogue Two paper sizes are supported A4 and US letter Click on the appropriate button at the top of the dialogue to choose the paper size The list of fonts from which you can select will appear below After having selected the paper size and font set them by clicking OK or Cancel to disregard t
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