Objectives

Specreduce is an Astropy affiliated package with the goal of providing a shared set of Python utilities that can be used to reduce and calibrate spectroscopic data. The tools and functions as part of this package can be used to build pipelines for spectroscopic data reduction while being well integrated into the Python ecosystem.

Objectives

• Provide functionality to build spectroscopic pipelines
• Provide a package that is well integrated with the Astropy ecosystem
• Provide a package that is well documented and tested

The minimum functionality for a version 1.0 release is currently being tracked in the project plan: Project plan

Objectives for Jan-Mar 2020

• Develop 3 notebooks that outline a spectroscopic reduction workflows
• Identify key points in the API that will need further discussions
• Develop a prototype to demonstrate the functionality for a simple case
• Prepare for Spectroscopy Sprint to be held in NYC in April

Objectives for Apr Sprint

• Create an APE for a spectroscopic reduction
• Contribute functionality from different packages to the specreduce package