HRC G800L aXe Products

To use these calibration products with aXe, copy them into a directory and set your AXE_CONFIG_PATH environment variable to point to that directory.

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Important Notes

These calibration products are meant to be used together. The HRC sensitivity files available here are valid for extracted spectra which have been flat-fielded using the included flat-fielding cube.

The aXe pages contain the latest version of aXe as well as sample test data and a sample script to perform the extraction

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aXe Downloadable Files

All of the below files are available for download via this table. Please remember that the sensitivity files are FITS TABLES and need to be opened with appropriate software.

  • aXe HRC G800L master sky image: ACS.HRC.mastersky.1.fits
  • aXe HRC G800L configuration file: ACS.HRC.Cycle11.3.conf
  • aXe HRC G800L flat-field cube: ACS.HRC.flat.cube.2.fits
  • aXe HRC G800L sensitivity curves:
    • ACS.HRC.1st.sens.2.fits for 1st order
    • ACS.HRC.2nd.sens.2.fits for 2nd order
    • ACS.HRC.3rd.sens.1.fits for 3rd order
    • ACS.HRC.-1st.sens.1.fits for -1st order
    • ACS.HRC.-2nd.sens.1.fits for -2nd order
    • ACS.HRC.0th.sens.1.fits for 0th order
Last Updated: 04/07/2025

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