Contents

• Contents
• General Introduction
• IRAF/PROS
  • Summary of Tasks in this Section
  • Bringing up IRAF
  • Using IRAF
  • Using the PROS software
  • IRAF/PROS Files
  • Features of the PROS software
• DATA I/O
  • Summary of Tasks in this Section
  • Reading FITS files from tape
  • ROSAT data and PROS
  • EINSTEIN data
  • Other missions
  • *xwfits, qp2fits, (fits2qp)* - Writing FITS files
  • A Few Words About ROSAT Directories at SAO
• QPOE Utilities
  • Summary of Tasks in this section
  • *qpcopy* - Manipulation of PROS/IRAF data files
  • *qplist* - Inspection of .qp files
  • *qpsort* -- Sort a QPOE file
  • *qpshift* -- Shift qp file by an offset in x and y
  • *qprotate* -- Rotate a QPOE image about the origin
  • *qplintran* -- Apply linear transformation to a qp file through filter
  • *qpappend* -- Append a list of input qpoes to produce a single qpoe file
  • *evalvg* - Generate Time History of Satellite Orientation
• Image Display
  • Summary of Tasks in This Section
  • Image Display in Xwindows
  • *display, xdisplay, xexamine* - Image Display
  • Celestial Coordinates from Image Coordinates
  • *tvimcontour* - Overlay contours and/or source positions on the display
  • *tvmark* - Mark pixel positions on the display
  • *tvproj* -- one-dimensional projection on display
  • *tabplot* - Plotting tables, lists or image sections
  • *pspc_hrcolor* - generate an x-ray color image
• Spatial Analysis
  • Summary of Tasks in this Section
  • Regions and Source Parameters
  • Radial Profiles and Projections
  • Smoothing and Contouring
  • Calibration
  • Point Response Functions
  • Image Manipulation
  • Source Subtraction
  • Detect
• Spectral Analysis
  • Summary of Tasks in this Section
  • A Quick Look at Spectral Fitting
  • Notes on IPC and PSPC Spectral Fitting
  • Model Spectra for Spectral-Fitting Program
  • Structure of the Spectral Package
  • *qpspec* - Extraction of Photon Distributions from QPOE files
  • *fit* - Fit Data to a Specified Model
  • *counts_plot* - Inspection of Results
  • *search_grid* - Grid of $\chi ^{2}$ - default mode
  • *grid_plot* - Plot Results on Screen
  • *xflux, hxflux* - Calculation of X-ray Flux
  • *upspecrdf, downspecrdf* - Transform between RDF and pre-RDF spectral tables
  • *xspec* - External Fitting Program
  • *qpspec* - Time Resolved Spectral Fitting
• Timing Analysis
  • Summary of tasks in this section
  • An example of a typical timing analysis
  • *timsort*
  • *timfilter* - List start & stop times of good data intervals
  • Counting rate vs. time
  • *timprint* - Inspect tables on screen
  • *calc_bary, apply_bary* - Barycentric Time Corrections
  • *fft* - Period search using Fast Fourier Transform
  • *period* - Period search using epoch folding
  • *fold* - Make a folded light curve
  • *vartst* - Test for Source Variability
  • *qpphase* - Append phase to events in QPOE file
• Glossary
• List of Related Documents
• List of PROS and Selected IRAF Tasks
• DETAILED LIST OF ROSAT FITS FILES
  • Rev0, US-Processed Data
  • Rev0, MPE-Processed Data
  • RDF Format
• ROSAT HRI Recipes
  • Summary of tasks in this chapter
  • Spatial Corrections of ROSAT HRI Observations from Wobble-related Aspect Problems.
  • Appearance of new HRI `hotspots' in 1995-1997
  • Correlating Spectral Data with Spatial Gain Variations
  • Quantum Efficiency Correction (a.k.a. `flat-fielding')
  • Filtering ROSAT HRI data on the basis of background level
• AXAF Recipes
  • Summary of tasks in this chapter
  • Reading fits files from the AXAF simulator, MARX
  • Viewing the qpoe file.
  • PHA Distributions
  • Spectral fitting