About Chandra Archive Proposer Instruments & Calibration Newsletters Data Analysis HelpDesk Calibration Database NASA Archives & Centers Chandra Science Links

Skip the navigation links
Last modified: 26 October 2007
Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter

What ACIS gain file was used in the automatic processing?


The name of the gain file used in processing can be found in the header of the level 1 event file for grating observations and of both the level 1 or level 2 for imaging observations:

unix% dmkeypar acisf01843N001_evt2.fits gainfile echo+
/data/CALDB/data/chandra/acis/bcf/gain/acisD2000-01-29gainN0001.fits


Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: 26 October 2007


The Chandra X-Ray Center (CXC) is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.
60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.    Email: cxcweb@head.cfa.harvard.edu
Smithsonian Institution, Copyright © 1998-2004. All rights reserved.