4.10.1 Simple Plots of Location Relative to the Solar Limb


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4.10.1 Simple Plots of Location Relative to the Solar Limb

It is possible to make a simple display of the sun and to overlay the box showing the field of view size and location by using PLOT_FOV if you have the index, roadmap or observing log structures. A sample call is:
IDL> plot_fov, index, /box
 

If you don't have a PFI structure, then you can use the routine PFI_LOC. It can accept a date and time and will display a simple plot of the sun and the SXT PFI location (PFI_LOC simply reads the observing log and then calls PLOT_FOV). Some sample calls are
IDL> pfi_loc, '23-jun-93 1:00'
 
IDL> pfi_loc, timstr, hours=2
  The second example will display all of the different PFI locations for the time stored in the string variable timstr 2 hours.


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