APERO in depth

The base module

The base module contains very basic functionality and is kept at a bare minimum, in general sub-modules and scripts in here cannot use other APERO functionality (hence the less functionality in here the better).

The core module

This is where the core functionality is stored. In general all core functionality should be instrument independent, however there is a separate sub-module specifically for instrument dependent code (and default settings).

The io module

This is the input/output module. In general these should not use any functionality from APERO and instead are modules that have independent pieces of code or use other python modules related to the input and output of files (reading, writing etc.).

The language module

This module has all the functionality referring to the language database (except the database itself which is a base module). The language functionality refers to the use of the print codes and relating them to a specific language - i.e. no user text should be written into the codes instead should be referred to via codes to text in the langauge database.

The plotting module

All plotting functionality should be located in here and called from any recipe when required. In theory no plotting code should be located elsewhere in APERO.

The Recipe module

This is where the recipes for each instrument are stored.

The science module

The science module contains all functionality related to astrophysics algorithms. It is divided into sub-modules as follows: calibration functionality (“calib”), extraction functionality (“extract”), polarimetry functionality (“polar”), pre-processing functionality (“preprocessing”), atmospheric correction functionality (“telluric”) and radial velocity functionality (“velocity”).

• Preprocessing functionality
• Preprocessing functionality

The tools module

This is where the tools are stored - their recipes and the sub-module functionality to use them.