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.
Early Development Software Warning
Slitlessutils is under active development software and subject to change.
Quickstart
The latest released version of this package can be installed using pip from the command line:
pip install slitlessutils
To install the latest development version of this repository, please use:
pip install git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/slitlessutils.git
You also need to obtain the calibration (reference) files, which are stored in a public box folder, which can be done with the slitlessutils config objects. Please see configuring slitlessutils for instructions and examples. Please see our documentation for additional installation instructions and/or methods.
We have encountered several frequently-asked questions and give some examples our FAQ page.