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To start this process, we first combine all exposures of a single object. At the IDL prompt, type:
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IDL> fire_xcombspec |
This will launch the xcombspec GUI. First, enter in your data path (which should be the "Object" directory in your reductions folder). Then specify the root filename (i.e. "Spec_") and the file numbers (range or comma delimited, e.g. "140-144,147"). Load the spectra and then follow the help routines to finish this step. This needs to be done for both your object and telluric. In many cases the SNR of the telluric is high enough to use a single exposure, but we still advise observers to combine dithered tellurics to avoid bad pixels.