Imaging

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The Imaging threads cover a wide range of topics that include source detection, creating exposure maps and normalized images, and calculating image statistics. How to create color images for publication is addressed, as well as merging data from multiple observations.

Analysis Guides:
- HRC Imaging
- Extended Sources
General:
- Analysing the ACIS Background with the "Blank-Sky" Files (7 Sep 2012)
- The HRC-I Background Event Files
- The HRC-I Background Spectra Files
- Match the Binning of an Image
- An Estimated Background Image
- True Color Images
- True Color Images in ds9
- An Image of Diffuse Emission (24 Jul 2012)
- Using Data Cubes
- Using Contrib Color Look-Up Tables (10 Oct 2012)
Reprojecting Data:
Coordinates, Astrometry, & Spatial Filtering:
Source Characteristics:
PSFs:
Detect:
Exposure Maps:
- Using merge_obs to combine observations and create exposure-corrected images (15 Oct 2012)
- Calculating Spectral Weights for mkinstmap
- Single Chip ACIS Exposure Map and Exposure-corrected Image (15 Oct 2012)
- Multiple Chip ACIS Exposure Map and Exposure-corrected Image (15 Oct 2012)
- HRC-I Exposure Map and Exposure-corrected Image (15 Oct 2012)
- HRC-S Exposure Map and Exposure-Corrected Image (15 Oct 2012)
- Match the Binning of an Image
Modeling & Fitting Imaging Data with Sherpa
(from the Sherpa analysis threads):

Imaging

Analysis Guides:

General:

Reprojecting Data:

Coordinates, Astrometry, & Spatial Filtering:

Source Characteristics:

PSFs:

Detect:

Exposure Maps:

Modeling & Fitting Imaging Data with Sherpa (from the Sherpa analysis threads):

Modeling & Fitting Imaging Data with Sherpa
(from the Sherpa analysis threads):