[cohen@hven kelley]$ ciao4.5 ERROR: The current environment is configured for: CIAO 4.5 Tuesday, December 4, 2012 bindir : /software/ciao-4.5/bin Please use the '-o' option to override the previous setup. 1. BINNING THE CONTINUUM SO EACH BIN HAS A MINIMUN NUMBER OF COUNTS (= 20) [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20.pha grouptype=NUM_CTS xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="" grouptype val=20 2. BINNING SPECIFIC WAVELENGTH RANGE THAT INCLUDES, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THREE COMPONENTS OF A HE-LIKE COMPLEX 2a. open up a previously written out ascii version of the spectrum (e.g. in emacs) and see what line number (in the ungrouped spectrum) your wavelength ranges are on, and that gives you the channel numbers (subtract three for the header!) 2b. run dmgroup on the previously grouped spectrum with the BIN grouptype parameter: [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="7029:7076:#1" grouptypeval="" 3. look at the grouped spectrum in xspec, compare to the bin20 grouped version made in step 1; if anything looks untoward, redo step 2b with slight tweaks to the channel numbers: [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="7029:7070:#1" grouptypeval="" ------------------- Now moving on and doing the other complexes: [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="6510:6578:#1" grouptypeval="" adjust: [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="6505:6578:#1" grouptypeval="" OK, we're going with that one. Now, the Ne IX: [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="5624:5731:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="5626:5726:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="5628:5726:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="5628:5722:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="5628:5718:#1" grouptypeval="" OK, we're going with that one. Now, the O VII: this feature looks much narrower than the ostensible wavelength range. On the other hand, the nearest low bins on either side are in fact higher than the even farther continuum, so let's try to include them. [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX_OVII.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="3927:4117:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX_OVII.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="3923:4117:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX_OVII.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="3920:4117:#1" grouptypeval="" [cohen@hven kelley]$ dmgroup 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX.pha 9sgr_summed_mm_numcts20_SiXIII_MgXI_NeIX_OVII.pha grouptype=BIN xcolumn=channel ycolumn=counts binspec="3918:4117:#1" grouptypeval=""