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gbtmsfiller.setfillrawpointing - Function

	Package	nrao
	Module	gbt
	Tool	gbtmsfiller

Set the flag which controlls whether the raw pointings are saved (filled).

Synopsis
setfillrawpointing(fillrawpointing)

Arguments

fillrawpointing		When true, raw pointings are filled.
		Allowed:	boolean
		Default:	F

Returns
boolean

Description
The GBT Antenna FITS file contains information on the telescope pointings. The pointing information is normally sampled 10 times a second. The filler computes a mean pointing direction over each integration and stores that value in the DIRECTION column of the POINTING subtable. When the fillrawpointing flag is F(alse) (the default value) the raw, unaveraged, pointings are not saved in the MeasurementSet in order to save space. This behavior can be changed by setting this flag to T. When this flag is true, the raw pointings can be found in the NRAO_GBT_POINTING subtable. This decision must be made before the MeasurementSet is filled.