UVOT Cookbook

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Contents 1 Web Pages 2 Data Types 3 My Programs 4 Diffuse Observations

[edit] Web Pages

1. Search SWIFT UVOT Log
2. Search Master Log

[edit] Data Types

SWIFT Bands

Band	Wavelength	Conversion
	A	ph units/(counts/pixel)
UVM2	2200	1.41 ± 0.197 x 107
UVW2	1930	1.08 ± 0.0755 x 107
UVW1	2600	8.50 ± 0.167 x 106
U	3450	4.76 ± 1.93 x 106
V	5460	1.13 ± 0.06 x 107
B	4350	5.31 ± 0.578 x 106

[edit] My Programs

1. swift_add.c: Adds together all the extensions in a SWIFT data file. This is superceded by swift_common_grid.c
2. swift_common_grid.c: Takes a series of Swift data files and adds all of them together. Blanks out stars if desired.
3. swift_extract_squares.c: Prints time history of counts in selected parts of the image.
4. swift_time: I don't remember what this does.

[edit] Diffuse Observations