load_pointing_data

sofia_redux.instruments.fifi_ls.pointing_discard.load_pointing_data(primehead, pointing_directory=None)[source]

Load the file listing the pointing errors. The file must be in the “.tsv” format and named as the mission ID, which is extracted from the FITS header. The default path to the pointing error file is “./data/pointing_error/” but this can be adjusted with the “pointing_directory” parameter.

Parameters:
primeheadastropy.io.fits.Header

Primary header of the loaded FITS file.

pointing_directorystr, optional

Path to the directory containing the pointing error files.

Returns:
df_pointing_errorpandas.DataFrame

Dataframe listing the pointing errors at a given time.