Slitlessutils

Slitlessutils is a package for simulating and extracting wide-field slitless spectroscopy (WFSS) data, highly focused on data from the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on the Hubble Space Telescope.

Important

If you use slitlessutils for a project that leads to a publication, whether directly or as a dependency of another package, then please include an acknowledgment and/or citation.

Attribution

This software was originally developed by the ACS branch of the Instruments Division (INS) at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).

Developers:

Russell Ryan, Gagandeep Anand, Roberto Avila, Larry Bradley, Stefano Casertano, Norman Grogin, Nimish Hathi, Hatice Karatay, Benjamin Kuhn, Duy Nguyen, Richard O’Steen, Camila Pacifici, Aidan Pidgeon, Nor Pirzkal, Lee Quick, Debopam Som, Megan Sosey

User Documentation

• 1. Installing slitlessutils
  • 1.1. Preparing your Local Environment
  • 1.2. Installing slitlessutils
• 2. Getting Started with slitlessutils
• 3. Configuring slitlessutils
  • 3.1. Slitlessutils Calibration Files
  • 3.2. Global Variables (Config())
• 4. Primary Data Structures
  • 4.1. Spectroscopic Sources
  • 4.2. Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy
• 5. Computational Modules (Module())
  • 5.1. Primary Computational Modules
• 6. Calibrations for WFSS
  • 6.1. Spectral Specification
  • 6.2. Flat Field
  • 6.3. Sensitivity Curves
• 7. Frequently-Asked Questions
  • 7.1. I got this error/warning message…
  • 7.2. Why do I….
• 8. Citing Slitlessutils
• 9. Glossary