# Creating channel list with virtual sensor locations

**URL:** <https://mne.discourse.group/t/creating-channel-list-with-virtual-sensor-locations/5921>\
**Category:** Support & Discussions\
**Tags:** meg, beamformer\
**Created:** [November 14, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/creating-channel-list-with-virtual-sensor-locations/5921 "2022-11-14T15:35:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://mne.discourse.group/t/creating-channel-list-with-virtual-sensor-locations/5921/1 "2022-11-14T15:35:54Z")

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Hello,

I am looking to plot my MEG beamformer estimate (virtual sensor) data as a time series. I have gotten as far as getting the xyz coordinates of each virtual sensor/beamformer index, but want to create a new raw structure (using mne.io.RawArray) that accounts for these locations and the beamformer data so that I can save out and plot.

I am having trouble turning the xyz coordinates into a suitable channel/virtual sensor location list. Initially, I tried to use mne.create\_info, with a list of the xyz coordinates for each source, but you cannot use a list for the ch\_names argument.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can accomplish plotting the beamformer estimates in time series across the virtual sensors? Thank you.