Plot of Light Curves

   

The command PLOT/LIGHT_CURVE takes in input a BIN table produced by the PROJECTION command PREPARE/LIGHT_CURVE,   and produces a plot of count rate vs. time. It is possible to have the plot in a single window, or split in up to three windows. The column for the Y-axis can be specified. A header at the top of the plot will be printed, including the content of the MISSION_ID, DETECTOR_ID, and TARGET_ID descriptors, the input table name, and a user's specified label. The syntax of the command is:

PLOT/LIGHT_CURVE btable [nwin] [col] [err] [label] [bin] [tcol]

where:

• btable is the name of the input time-binned table. It must be produced with the PREPARE/LIGTH_CURVE command of PROJECTION.
• nwin Number of windows to split the plot into:
  1. plot in one window (default)
  2. plot split in 2 windows
  3. plot split in 3 windows (maximum value)
• col is the identifier of the table column to be plotted vs. time. Default is #2.
• err is the identifier of the table column to be used for Y errors. Default is no errors.
• label is the label to be reported on top of the plot (maximum 80 characters). Default is no label.
• bin If set to BIN, histogram-like plot (the default). If set to NOBIN, normal plot.
• tcol Here an alternative time column (different from the default :S_TI) can be indicated. This can be useful when a new time column is created in different time units (i.e. Julian Date, UT, etc).