What+is+path+uncertainty?

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Unless labeled otherwise, uncertainty is an estimate of 1-sigma for the error in the predicted path (actual path vs predicted path).

In theory, there is a 68% probability that the shift from the predicted path to the actual path will be within the estimated uncertainty.

On the plots, uncertainty is plotted as an ellipse and the uncertainty in the movement of the path edge is show with dashed lines.

The detailed info for an events lists uncertainty in terms of an ellipse on the sky, in terms of RA,DE, in terms of time (seconds), and in terms of the path width.