Per-Observation Detection Data Products

In CSC 2.2, data products, e.g. light curves, are produced for every single detection of a source. This implies that if a given 2CXO source has been observed several times, we provide one light curve for each of those observations of the detected source. This is why in CSCView the light curves are identified with two numbers: the ObsID to which the detection corresponds and the region ID that identifies the detection within that observation. When a source is selected in the Results window in CSCView and the light curve data products are requested, all the light curves associated with that source will be displayed.

For example, the source 2CXO J000024.6-575131 has been observed in ObsIds 9335, 18238, 19239, and 19695. It's region_id is 3 in the first stack and 184 in the second stack, so the broad-band light curve names are:

	    
acisf09335_000N030_r0003b_lc3.fits
acisf18238_001N030_r0184b_lc3.fits
acisf18239_000N030_r0184b_lc3.fits
acisf19695_001N030_r0184b_lc3.fits