CXC Announcement: Release of CalDB version 4.10.7

[Tara Gokas]

CXC Announces the Release of Chandra CalDB version 4.10.7

This upgrade includes the following items:

* HRC-S QE Uniformity data sets version N0017 (32 files)

   - Replaces the N0016 file set.

   - Includes one additional new file effective 2022-09-09.

   - Applies to data taken since the HRC-S restart.

* PCAD ACA-primary DARK_CURR (dark current) file periodic additions #4.
     - Does not affect CIAO users.

For details, please see the CalDB 4.10.7 Release Notes located at:
https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/caldb/downloads/Release_notes/CALDB_v4.10.7.html

See also "How CalDB 4.10.4 Affects Your Analysis" at
https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/ciao/releasenotes/ciao_4.15_release.html#HowCALDB4.10.7AffectsYourAnalysis

To download and install CalDB 4.10.7 on you system with CIAO 4.15, using the preferred Conda package, see the following link:
https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/ciao/download/index.html

Alternatively, to use the ciao-install script to install or upgrade your CIAO 4.15 CalDB to version 4.10.7, please see the following link:
https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/ciao/download/ciao_install.html

Manual download and installation instructions are also available at http://cxc.harvard.edu/caldb/downloads/

Users who do not wish to download the full CalDB, but would rather access it via the web for their specific observations only, may use the CIAO contributed script "download_obsid_caldb". Note that the web-accessible CalDB may take a day or two to be upgraded to this latest CalDB release.

As always, please send questions and requests for enhancements to the CXC HelpDesk (http://cxc.harvard.edu/helpdesk/).