sherpa_utils

Synopsis

Utility routines for Sherpa (CIAO contributed package).

from sherpa_contrib.utils import *

Description

The sherpa_contrib.utils module provides utility routines for Sherpa users, and is provided as part of the CIAO contributed scripts package.

Loading the routines

The module can be loaded into Sherpa by saying either of:

from sherpa_contrib.utils import *
from sherpa_contrib.all import *

where the second form loads in all the Sherpa contributed routines, not just the utils module.

Contents

The utils module currenly provides the routines:

• save_instmap_weights() - write out the model spectrum in the form required by mkinstmap
• plot_instmap_weights() - plot up the model spectrum in the form required by mkinstmap
• get_instmap_weights() - return the model spectrum in the form required by mkinstmap
• estimate_weighted_expmap() - return the estimated exposure map value by weighting the ARF by the spectral model

See the ahelp file for the routine and the contributed scripts page for further information.

Changes in the October 2012 release

The save_instmap_weights routine

The file created by this command now includes some basic metadata for use with fluximage, flux_obs, and merge_obs.

Bugs

See the bugs pages for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

See Also

contrib

estimate_weighted_expmap, get_instmap_weights, plot_instmap_weights, save_instmap_weights