download_weekly_pointing_file¶

sunpy.instr.fermi.download_weekly_pointing_file(date)[source] [edit on github]¶

Downloads the FERMI/LAT weekly pointing file corresponding to the specified date.

This file contains 1 minute cadence data on the spacecraft pointing, useful for calculating detector angles.

Parameters: date (tuple, str, pandas.Timestamp, pandas.Series, pandas.DatetimeIndex, datetime.datetime, datetime.date, numpy.datetime64, numpy.ndarray, astropy.time.Time) – A date specified as a parse_time-compatible time string, number, or a datetime object.
Returns: str – The filepath to the downloaded file.