I got another good pair-coding session in today with Bedell (Flatiron). We had resolved to work on continuum normalization of the HARPS spectra, but instead we ended up working on how to zero-out or delete or censor bad orders and bad epochs of the multi-epoch, multi-order spectra. We came up with simple methods that are hacky but simple and sensible. The whole code seems to be working!
At Stars Meeting, Rocio Kiman (CUNY) told us about her experiences at dotastronomy X, the tenth incarnation of the influential meeting that is the probable origin of hack days, hack weeks, and unconferencing in astrophysics. The short summary is that she loved the meeting and it's culture. Congratulations to the dotastronomy crew, who have changed the world, and Rob Simpson, who started it lo so many years ago.
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