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-==== TRIPLESPEC ====
+===== TRIPLESPEC =====
+Triplespec is a near-IR spectrograph, constructed at the University of Virginia. Other versions of the instrument have been used at the Palomar 200-inch and the SOAR telescope.
+Triplespec provides spectra in 5 orders, with a slit-length of 43 arcsec
+[[https://www.apo.nmsu.edu/mainpage/triplespec/triplespecguide/|Triplespec instrument manual on APO website]]
+==== Features/ issues ====
+==== Data reduction ===
+* IDL-based alternatives
+  * [[https://legacy.apo.nmsu.edu/arc35m/Instruments/TRIPLESPEC/TspecTool/index.html|Tspectool]] is an IDL data reduction tool based on SpexTool. See
+    * Cushing, Vacca & Rayner 'Spextool: A Spectral Extraction Package for SpeX, a 0.8-5.5 Micron Cross-Dispersed Spectrograph'
+    * Vacca, Cushing & Rayner 'A Method of Correcting Near-Infrared Spectra for Telluric Absorption'
+* IRAF-based alternatives
+* Python-based alternatives
+  * [[https://pyvista.readthedocs.io|pyvista]] : a general basic, pedagogical, reduction package that has configuration files for TSPEC and a notebook demonstrating basic reduction
+  * [[https://PypeIt.readthedocs.io|PypeIt]] : a general package for optimal extraction of spectrograph data, including echelle data. Work is in progress on a configuration for TSPEC.
-The data reduction tool (for IDL) and a user manual can be found from the link in the Triplespec user manual, section 7.