Celestial Location Monitor

Description

This set of scripts extracts locations of point sources, compare the observed position to the expected postion and monitor the differences.

Location of Scripts and Their Names

Location: /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Abs_pointing/

GitHub Address: https://github.com/chandra-mta/MTA

aiming_wrap_script	Mar 03, 2021
aiming_main_script	Mar 03, 2021
find_pointing_data.py	Mar 03, 2021
plot_aiming_point_data.py	Mar 03, 2021
*Retired*
abs_pointing_wrap_script	Jun 06, 2013
abs_pointing_main_script	Jul 02, 2013
abs_pointing_wrap_script_test	Sep 23, 2014
abs_pointing_main_script_test	Sep 23, 2014
abs_pointing_acis_plot.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_comp_entry.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_comp_second_time.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_compute_pos_diff.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_extract_obsid.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_find_candidate.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_get_coord_from_simbad.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_hrci_plot.perl	Mar 16, 2013
abs_pointing_hrcs_plot.perl	Apr 26, 2013
abs_pointing_main.perl	Aug 01, 2012
abs_pointing_print_html.perl	Apr 16, 2013
abs_pointing_simbad_query.perl	Apr 15, 2012
abs_pointing_test_prep.perl	Jun 06, 2013

Please read README file for more details. /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Abs_pointing/README

Sep 16, 2014	Initially logged
Jul 02, 2018	Major updata; converted into pytyon
Nov 07, 2018	date format check added
Mar 03, 2021	python3.8 update

Data Needed

/data/mta4/obs_ss/sot_ocat.out
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id

Environment Setting

setenv PYTHONPATH "/data/mta/Script/Python3.8/envs/ska3-shiny/lib/python3.8/site-packages:/data/mta/Script/Python3.8/lib/python3.8/site-packages/"
The script also use ascds in find_pointing_data.py

Output Locations and File Names

/data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Data
- acis_i_data
- acis_s_data
- hrc_i_data
- hrc_s_data
/data/mta_www/mta_aiming/Plots/
- acis_i_y.png
- acis_i_z.png
- acis_s_y.png
- acis_s_z.png
- hrc_i_y.png
- hrc_i_z.png
- hrc_s_y.png
- hrc_s_z.png

How to Run the Script(s)

go to: cd /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Exc
run: /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Abs_pointing/abs_pointing_wrap_script

How to Run Test(s)

go to: cd /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Scripts
Comment out update_pointing_data in find_pointing_data.py, then un-comment unittest.main()
run: find_pointing_data.py

Expected result from the test

you should not get any error message.

Cron Job

CPU:	c3po-v
User:	mta

0 5 1,16 * * cd /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Exc; /data/mta/Script/ALIGNMENT/Abs_pointing/Abs_pointing/aiming_wrap_script >> $HOME/Logs/position_aiming.cron 2>&1

Web Addreess

https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/mta_days/mta_aiming/aiming_page.html

Note

None

Future Plan/Update Schedule

None