Chandra CalDB version 4.4.6 upgrade released

From: Chandra CALDB (caldbmgr@head.cfa.harvard.edu)
Date: Tue Sep 13 2011 - 17:01:24 EDT


Hello Chandra Users of CIAO 4.3!

CalDB 4.4.6, the latest upgrade for the Chandra CalDB as used in CIAO
4.3 has been released as of 17:00 EDT today. The new CalDB version
includes the following:

1) The latest ACIS T_GAIN corrections (Epoch 46, May-July 2011),
affecting all ACIS OBS_IDs with DATE-OBS after 2011-02-01T00:00:00. This
is the usual periodic ACIS T_GAIN update, and the degree of PHA
adjustment is within the ordinary 2%.

2) A minor header change to ACIS -120C GAIN and downstream calibration
files. (These latter changes affect only one proprietary OBS_ID
currently, but may affect more in the future.) The change adjusts the
acceptance range of focal plane temperature ("FP_TEMP") to be the same
as the ACIS Temperature-dependent CTI correction files.

For full details see the Chandra CalDB release notes posted at:
http://cxc.harvard.edu/caldb/downloads/Release_notes/CALDB_v4.4.6.html

The easiest way to upgrade your CalDB for CIAO 4.3 is to use the
"ciao-install" script, by following the instructions on the CIAO
downloads page:

http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao/download/

Alternately, manual CalDB upgrade instructions and full CalDB
installation instructions are given at the CalDB downloads page:

http://cxc.harvard.edu/caldb/downloads/index.html

Please contact the Helpdesk with any questions:
http://cxc.harvard.edu/helpdesk/

Cheers,
Dale Graessle
Chandra CalDB Manager



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