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+ARC Echelle Spectroscopic Observation Pipeline (aesop)
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+The ARC Echelle Spectroscopic Observation Pipeline, or ``aesop``, is a high resolution
+spectroscopy software toolkit tailored for observations from the `ARC Echelle Spectrograph (ARCES)
+<https://www.apo.nmsu.edu/arc35m/Instruments/ARCES/>`_ mounted on the
+`ARC 3.5 m Telescope <https://www.apo.nmsu.edu/arc35m/>`_ at
+`Apache Point Observatory <https://www.apo.nmsu.edu>`_. ``aesop`` picks up where the
+traditional IRAF reduction scripts leave off, offering an open development,
+object-oriented Pythonic analysis framework for echelle spectra.
+
+Basic functionality of ``aesop`` includes: (1) blaze function normalization by polynomial
+fits to observations of early-type stars, (2) an additional/alternative robust least-squares
+normalization method, (3) radial velocity measurements (or offset removals) via
+cross-correlation with model spectra, including barycentric radial velocity calculations,
+(4) concatenation of multiple echelle orders into a simple 1D spectrum, and (5) approximate
+flux calibration.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+You can install ``aesop`` from the source code by doing the following::
+
+    git clone https://github.com/bmorris3/aesop.git
+    cd aesop
+    pip install .
+
+For more information, `read the docs <https://arces.readthedocs.io/>`_.
+
+License
+-------
+
+This project is Copyright (c) Brett Morris & Trevor Dorn-Wallenstein and licensed under
+the terms of the MIT license. This package is based upon
+the `Astropy package template <https://github.com/astropy/package-template>`_
+which is licensed under the BSD 3-clause licence. See the licenses folder for
+more information.