Astrocook

A thousand ways to cook a spectrum!

Getting Started

To get a copy of Astrocook on your local machine:

git clone https://github.com/DAS-OATs/astrocook

Prerequisites

Astrocook requires the following packages to run:

• Astropy, including Specutils
• SciPy, and in particular NumPy and matplotlib
• LmFit
• StatsModels
• Cycler

Running the tests

The following tests are available:

• line_test.py: create a list of absoprtion lines from a spectrum and fit them with Voigt profiles.
• syst_test.py: create a list of CIV doublets from a spectrum and fit them with Voigt profiles.

To run the tests:

python <name-of-the-test>

Contributing

A CONTRIBUTING.md file will be soon uploaded to detail our code of conduct and the process for submitting pull requests to us.

Authors

• Guido Cupani - INAF-OATs
• Giorgio Calderone - INAF-OATs

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

Releases

v0.1 - Start of the project v0.2 - First release with a DOI; GUI available; tools for finding lines, determining continuum, and fitting systems

License

Astrocook is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPLv3).

Acknowledgments

The project is carried out at INAF-OATs with the contributions of Stefano Cristiani and Giuliano Taffoni.