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Observation ID Observation Date Target Star Name Object Class Spectral Type B-V Magnitude RA (deg) DEC (deg) Exposure (s)
3015 2001-12-21 10:59:59 3C 120 4C 05.20 Seyfert 1 Galaxy S0 D ~ 0.6200 68.296220 5.354320 57215.63

Chandra Configuration for the Observation

Zeroth-Order Image

Image File Missing: Snapshot of the Zeroth-Order Image
Zeroth-Order Events Zeroth-Order Count Rate (cts/s) Pileup
17843 0.3119 severe
The zeroth-order image for 3C 120

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 0.096 0.258 0.346
ACIS-I 0.148 0.486 0.592
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 0.971 0.000 1.380 0.001 2.066 0.004
Q-norm 0.087 0.000 0.140 0.000 0.229 0.000
ACIS-I keV 1.117 0.003 1.511 0.007 2.416 0.008
Q-norm 0.106 0.000 0.157 0.001 0.275 0.001
Normalized quantiles (Q-norm) are defined as:
Qx = (Ex - Elo)/(Ehi - Elo)
Where Elo = 0.3 keV and Ehi = 8.0 keV.
Hardness Ratio plots and Quantile-based Color-Color DiagramsX-Atlas Hardness Ratios and Quantiles Listing

Spectral Metrics

A series of line-line, line-continuum, and continuum-continuum ratios calculated from the high-resolution 1st 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
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 8.6717 38.0952 47.3944 208.3303 2.5568 11.2334

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
0.0014 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0014 0.0000 0.0060 0.0000 0.0061 0.0000 83.6670 0.0620
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 3C 120.
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 3C 120. 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 3C 120. 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) 0.102 50.000 0.579 1.50 1.36049e-11 0.0435006 2.41 472
ACIS-S xswabs*(xsmekal1+xsmekal2) 0.069 29.993 1.658 0.18 1.94823e-13 0.374061 1.31 69
ACIS-I xswabs*(xsmekal1+xsmekal2) 0.022 9.010 1.354 0.39 2.77233e-13 0.0609623 0.85 75
X-Atlas Spectral Fits Listing

HETG Light Curve

Image File Missing: HETG Light Curve
GLvary
Odds29.171
Prob.1.000
Var. Index9
HETG light curve for 3C 120, constructed from all ±1st, ±2nd, and ±3rd order HETG events.

HETG HEG Spectrum

Image File Missing: High-Resolution 1st Order HEG spectrum of obsid 3015
High-Resolution 1st Order HEG Spectrum for 3C 120

HETG MEG Spectrum

Image File Missing: High-Resolution 1st Order MEG Spectrum of obsid 3015
High-Resolution 1st Order MEG Spectrum for 3C 120

X-Atlas Data Products

Spectral Data
PHA II HEG ±1st Order PHA HEG ±1st Order gARF MEG ±1st Order PHA MEG ±1st 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 ARFAimpoint RMF
ACIS-SACIS-IACIS-SACIS-I
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