SOLVE POINTING
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SOLVE POINTING

            CLIC\SOLVE POINTING [beam] [/PLOT] [/COMPRESS [time_max]] [/PRINT]
            [/OUTPUT filename [NEW|APPEND] [FLUX] [TPOINT]]
            [/TOTAL] [/FIX param1 [value1] param2 [value2] ... ]

        Find  pointing  corrections  from POINTING scans.  All pointing scans in
        the current index are processed by a gaussian  fit.  Its  width  can  be
        fixed  if  the  argument 'beam' is given (in arcsec). All continuum sub-
        bands and both side bands are averaged.  SET AVERAGE  METHOD  SCALAR  is
        recommended. The fits may be displayed with option /PLOT.

        The  option /COMPRESS may be used to average data in a given time inter-
        val before processing, to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.  Default is
        4 seconds.

        The   presence   of   option  /PRINT  produces  a  procedure  file  (IN-
        TER_OBS:pointing.obs), to be used in  OBS  for  introducing  the  fitted
        pointing offset.

        The  results  may  also be written on an output ASCII file if /OUTPUT is
        given.  The file is given extension .lis  by  default;  a  new  file  is
        opened except if APPEND is given as a second argument of option /OUTPUT.
        The file is by default in a format suitable for the determination  of  a
        pointing  model  (program POINT at BURE). The presence of optional argu-
        ment FLUX changes the output format for the  determination  of  relative
        fluxes (by ASTRO). With argument TPOINT, the output is written in a for-
        mat suitable for processing by the TPOINT program.

        With option /TOTAL, SOLVE POINTING uses the total  power  to  solve  for
        pointing errors. In that case, option /FIX may be used to fix one param-
        eter. Possible parameters are:

            AZ: the azimuth collimation error (arc sec.)
            EL: the elevation collimation error (arc sec.)
            PEAK: the peak amplitude, in total power units
            WIDTH: the HPBW (arc sec.)
            ZERO: the off-source zero level, in total power units

        With /TOTAL, /COMPRESS does the ON-OFF combination if in beam  switching
        mode.  In that case ZERO is preferrably fixed to zero (e.g. SOLVE POINT-
        ING /TOTAL /COMPRESS /PLOT /FIX ZERO 0).