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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Jenny Carter, University of Leicester
Andy Read, University of Leicester
BGWG Blank Sky update
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Current status, March 2009• Completed Action Item:
• 07_01 Provide ME with list of updates for UG presentation• 07_03 Draft BGSelector release note for XMM-Newton News• 07_04 Add limitations of refilled files to web page; continue
investigating ghosting problem• 07_05 scaling of exposure map/skycast advice added to web
page• 07_06 more descriptions in tools
• New delivery system implemented
Live since October 2008
User requests tailor-made blank sky file
Files delivered a few days later via summary web page
Over 60 requests for files
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Current web page
• Simpler layout, links to old page
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Web based request form
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Example delivery page
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Some facts on new delivery system use
• Total number (69)• Over 1.5 requests per working day in Jan• Responding within a 3 day period generally• Main queries/confusions
• Very small requests (all parameters exactly the same as user’s observation)
• Very wide selection – changed approach. Previously asked for re-submission, now make judgement on file/restrict size and go straight to delivery
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Requests per month
News #84
Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
User queries, example correspondence• M. Ajello – (using old files). Scaling question,
discrepancy between blank sky and user observation at high energies. User observation highly SP contaminated. Query closed.
• M. Wezgowiec – repeated queries. Files constructed, tailored to user requirements. Query closed.
• M. Gitti – repeated queries. Required longer exposure than received. Tailored files. Query closed.
• (Other): software available, how to scale bkg, good feedback, asking about SW/LW
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Jenny Carter ([email protected])8th EPIC BGWG Meeting
Mallorca, March 09
Outstanding issues
• Ghosting – bad flags in/good flags out spatially
• Add example current blank sky files to web form so requests not necessarily needed
• Implement some minor changes after internal user comments regarding web page text
• Other output to add to response page: exposure weighted nH from list component files