csfindobs

Creates a list of observation IDs that fulfils certain criteria, e.g. pointing close to specific source.

Synopsis

This script can be used to create lists of observation IDs that share certain properties. For instance, all observations pointing around a specific sky position can be selected. In addition, the script is flexible to use expressions to further constrain criteria to select observations. The user can e.g. select all observations within a certain zenith angle range by specifying the hidden parameter expression. For example

csfindobs expression="ZEN_PNT<50&&ZEN_PNT>40"

is used to select observations with zenith angle range between 40 and 50 degrees.

The parameter datapath is only queried if the environment variable $VHEFITS is not set.

The output of this script is an ASCII file containing observation IDs that fulfil criteria specified by the user. This file can be used as input for csiactobs. The script operates on an observation index file that needs to be provided along with IACT data. See here how IACT data should be structured. To investigate additional parameters which are available for selection, have a look here.

General parameters

datapath [string]

Path were data are located.

prodname [string]

Name of FITS production (Run csiactdata to view your options).

outfile [file]

Output runlist ASCII file.

ra [real]

Right ascension of search region (invoke “INDEF” to avoid spatial selection).

dec [real]

Declination of search region (invoke “INDEF” to avoid spatial selection).

rad [real]

Radius of search region (deg) (invoke “INDEF” or negative values to avoid spatial selection)

(min_qual = 0) [integer]

Minimum data quality (0=best, 1=medium, 2=bad).

(expression = NONE) [string]

Additional expression.

(master_index = master.json) [string]

Name of master index file.

Standard parameters

(chatter = 2) [integer]

Verbosity of the executable:

chatter = 0: no information will be logged

chatter = 1: only errors will be logged

chatter = 2: errors and actions will be logged

chatter = 3: report about the task execution

chatter = 4: detailed report about the task execution

(clobber = yes) [boolean]

Specifies whether an existing output runlist should be overwritten.

(debug = no) [boolean]

Enables debug mode. In debug mode the executable will dump any log file output to the console.

(mode = ql) [string]

Mode of automatic parameters (default is “ql”, i.e. “query and learn”).

(logfile = csfindobs.log) [filename]

Log filename.

Related tools or scripts

csiactobs