The NuSTAR Calibration Database
Introduction
The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) spacecraft was
launched on a Pegasus XL rocket which was dropped from a Lockheed
L-1011 "TriStar" aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean near the
Kwajalein Atoll on June 13, 2012, as can be seen in this
video. NuSTAR, the first focusing high-energy X-ray telescope in
orbit, operates in the band from 3 to 79 keV, extending the
sensitivity of focusing far beyond the ~10 keV high-energy cutoff
achieved by all previous X-ray-imaging satellites. To attain the
required 10m focal length needed for its telescopes, NuSTAR used a
unique deployable mast, or boom, that extended the optics after the
payload was in orbit.
Documentation
Documentation is at http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/nustar/nustar_about.html and the CALDB is documented at https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/caldb/nustar/
Initialisation
You need to initialise HEAsoft first.
setenv CALDB /usr/local/HEA/CALDB
source $CALDB/software/tools/caldbinit.csh
Version
From the CALDB page above on Wednesday, 13 December 2017.
Latest CALDB version: 20171204
Latest CALDB release: FPM
CALDB release date: 2017-12-04
Testing
Use
caldbinfo INST nustar fpm
caldbinfo infomode=BASIC chatter=20
Rhys
Morris
Last modified: Wednesday, 13 December 2017