Welcome to REDUCEME’s documentation!

REDUCEME is an astronomical data reduction package, specially devoted to the analysis of long-slit spectroscopic data. This software was created by N. Cardiel as part of his thesis work, developed under the supervision of J. Gorgas, at the Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Documentation outline

• General description
  • Error handling
• License agreement
• Installation
  • Requirements
  • REDUCEME Installation
• Package description
  • Importat keywords
  • Running the programs
  • Handling error images
  • General reduction process
  • Image format
  • Auxiliary libraries
• Classified list of programs
  • Input/Output
  • Examination and statistical analysis
  • Arithmetic and manipulations
  • Distortion
  • Graphic display
  • Error handling
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Wavelengths
  • Flux calibration
  • Extinction correction
  • Sky subtraction
  • Measurement
  • Miscellany
• Auxiliary libraries
  • Libray libred.a
  • Libray libfutils.a
  • Library libfspec.a
  • Library libbutton.a