PypeIt: The Python Spectroscopic Data Reduction Pipeline
J. X. Prochaska, Joseph F. Hennawi, Kyle B. Westfall, Ryan Cooke, Feige Wang, Tiffany Hsyu, Frederick B. Davies, Emanuele Paolo Farina, Debora Pelliccia
Abstract
PypeIt is a Python package for semi-automated reduction of astronomical, spectroscopic data. Its algorithms build on decades-long development of previous data reduction pipelines by the developers The reduction procedure -including a complete list of the input parameters and available functionality -is provided as online documentation hosted by Read the Docs, which is regularly updated. It is a set of commands designed to perform the reduction without any additional coding. In what follows, we provide a brief description of the algorithms, but refer the interested reader to the online documentation for the most up-to-date information.