ArxSP: A Python-Based Modular Application for the Reduction of Digitized Archival Spectra

arXiv:2609.39571 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-30 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.GA

Submitted: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-10-01

Code: https://github.com/ill-i/ArXSP

Project page: https://vo.fai.kz

Terminology

• Calibration — 30× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Alignment — 7× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute — 7× in this paper
• Core — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Aperture — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Trace — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Modular Architecture — 2× in this paper · explained in 4 episodes
• AGN — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Fidelity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Modularity — 1× in this paper · explained in 9 episodes
• Robustness — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes

Sources

• Astropy: A Community Python Package for Astronomy
• The Astropy Project: Building an inclusive, open-science project and status of the v2.0 core package
• The Astropy Project: Sustaining and Growing a Community-oriented Open-source Project and the Latest Major Release (v5.0) of the Core Package
• Archives of Photographic PLates for Astronomical USE (APPLAUSE) Digitisation of astronomical plates and their integration into the International Virtual Observatory
• Opening the 100-Year Window for Time Domain Astronomy

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