IRTF/SpeX Python Data Reduction Survey

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Spextool for IRTF's SpeX instrument is being converted from IDL to Python. This eliminates the need for computers with an IDL license, and enables scripted data reduction. It is expected that the Python programs for the Prism and SXD modes will be released at the start of semester 2024B (August 2024), while the LXD mode will follow a few months later.

The primary ways of reducing the data will be to use the Python command line, scripts, and Jupyter notebooks. This survey is to give the developers an idea of how important it is for observers to also be able to reduce their SpeX data with GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces), comparable to the existing IDL programs.

Please indicate your preference below. We also include a few more questions to help prioritize development tasks. And if you have any comments or requests for the developers of the Python code, please enter them in the text box at the bottom.

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Have you used the IDL version of Spextool to reduce your SpeX spectra? *

Yes

How important is it for you that the Python version of Spextool has GUIs in addition to the command line, scripting, and Jupyter notebooks? Please use the scale of 1-5 with 1 indicating "not important", and 5 "must have GUIs".
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If the Python version of Spextool did not have a GUI, would you keep using the IDL version for your data reduction?
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Yes

Maybe

Would you use the Python version of Spextool to reduce SpeX 60 arcsec "long" slit spectra (Prism or Single Order)?

Yes

Maybe

Not applicable; I have no and am not planning to obtain long slit spectra

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Please enter any comments or requests for the developers of the Python code (optional).

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