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Observation ID	Observation Date	Target	Star Name	Object Class	Spectral Type	B-V Magnitude	RA (deg)	DEC (deg)	Exposure (s)
974	2001-06-29 23:30:15	BETA CETI	HD 4128	Variable Star post-He flash	K0III	1.0200	10.897510	-17.986450	86059.74

Chandra Configuration for the Observation

Zeroth-Order Image

Zeroth-Order Events	Zeroth-Order Count Rate (cts/s)	Pileup
25046	0.2910	severe

The zeroth-order image for BETA CETI

Hardness Ratios and Quantiles

Hardness ratios and quantiles are calculated from the predicted ACIS-S or ACIS-I aimpoint spectra, as indicated.

Hardness Ratios
Aimpoint	HR₁ = (H-M)/(H+M)	HR₂ = (M-S)/(M+S)	HR₃ = (H-S)/(H+S)
ACIS-S	-0.728	-0.076	-0.762
ACIS-I	-0.690	0.081	-0.644

S, M, and H represent the predicted total counts in the following passbands:

S: 0.3-0.9 keV

M: 0.9-1.5 keV

H: 1.5-8.0 keV

Quantiles
Aimpoint	Quantiles	25 %	25 % Error	50 %	50 % Error	75 %	75 % Error
ACIS-S	keV	0.781	7.219	0.898	0.001	1.073	0.000
ACIS-S	Q-norm	0.062	0.938	0.078	0.000	0.100	0.000
ACIS-I	keV	0.825	7.175	0.942	0.001	1.161	0.000
ACIS-I	Q-norm	0.068	0.932	0.083	0.000	0.112	0.000

Normalized quantiles (Q-norm) are defined as:

Q_x = (E_x - E_lo)/(E_hi - E_lo)

Where E_lo = 0.3 keV and E_hi = 8.0 keV.

Hardness Ratio plots and Quantile-based Color-Color Diagrams

X-Atlas Hardness Ratios and Quantiles Listing

Spectral Metrics

A series of line-line, line-continuum, and continuum-continuum ratios calculated from the high-resolution 1^st order MEG or LEG spectrum.

Line-Line Ratios
Ne X / O VIII	Ne2O Error	O VII(i) / O VII(f)	Oif Error	O VII(r) / O VIII	O78 Error	O VIII / Fe XVII	O8Fe Error	Mg XII / Fe XVII	Mg2Fe Error	Si XIV / Fe XVII	Si2Fe Error	S XV / Fe XVII	S2Fe Error
2.5892	1.8521	0.0000	0.0000	0.0841	0.0923	0.0599	0.0349	0.1337	0.0650	0.0429	0.0211	0.0022	0.0008

short line / cont

Line-Continuum & Continuum-Continuum Ratios
sl2c Error	long line / cont	ll2c Error	line / cont	l2c Error	cont long / cont short	cl2cs Error	cont long / cont med	cl2cm Error	cont med / cont short	cm2cs Error
0.0064	0.0005	0.0079	0.0009	0.0151	0.0011	0.0362	0.0000	0.0363	0.0000	489.4216	1.9389

X-Atlas Spectral Metrics Listing

Spectral Fits

Image File Missing: 2T xsmekal zeroth-order fit
Mewe-Kaastra-Liedahl 2-temperature fit of the low-resolution zeroth-order spectrum of BETA CETI.
Warning: The zeroth-order spectrum may be subject to distortions from pileup.

Image File Missing: 2T xsmekal ACIS-S fit
Mewe-Kaastra-Liedahl 2-temperature fit of the predicted low-resolution ACIS-S Aimpoint spectrum of BETA CETI. The predicted spectrum was scaled to 1500 counts.

Image File Missing: 2T xsmekal ACIS-I fit
Mewe-Kaastra-Liedahl 2-temperature fit of the predicted low-resolution ACIS-I Aimpoint spectrum of BETA CETI. The predicted spectrum was scaled to 1500 counts.

Aimpoint	Model	nH (10²²/cm³)	nH error	kT (keV)	kT error	kT2 (keV)	kT2 error	Abundance (solar)	Abundance error	Flux (ergs/cm²/s)	Flux Emission Ratio (kT2/kT1)	Reduced Chi²	DoF
zeroth-order	xswabs*(xsmekal1+xsmekal2)	0.157		2.155		0.624		0.18		1.17108e-11	1.19548	4.99	310
ACIS-S	xswabs*(xsmekal1+xsmekal2)	0.099		17.698		0.598		0.31		7.31698e-14	8.10444	1.22	50
ACIS-I		0.000		0.000		0.000		0.00		7.31698e-14	0	0.00	0

X-Atlas Spectral Fits Listing

HETG Light Curve

GLvary
Odds	2.705
Prob.	0.998
Var. Index	7

HETG light curve for BETA CETI, constructed from all ±1^st, ±2^nd, and ±3^rd order HETG events.

HETG HEG Spectrum

Image File Missing: High-Resolution 1st Order HEG spectrum of obsid 974

High-Resolution 1st Order HEG Spectrum for BETA CETI

HETG MEG Spectrum

Image File Missing: High-Resolution 1st Order MEG Spectrum of obsid 974

High-Resolution 1st Order MEG Spectrum for BETA CETI

X-Atlas Data Products

Spectral Data
PHA II	HEG ±1^st Order PHA	HEG ±1^st Order gARF	MEG ±1^st Order PHA	MEG ±1^st Order gARF	[Counts/s/Å] FITS	[Counts/s/Å] text	[ph/s/Å/cm²] FITS	[ph/s/Å/cm²] text

Standard Data Products (Cycle 06)
Aimpoint ARF		Aimpoint RMF
ACIS-S	ACIS-I	ACIS-S	ACIS-I

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