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Explain the use of vacuum wavelengths for wavelength calibration
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nicocardiel committed Dec 10, 2024
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Preliminary rectification and wavelength calibration using OH lines
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.. warning::

The wavelength calibration performed using OH lines makes use of the vacuum
wavelengths published by `Oliva et al. (2013)
<https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2013/07/aa21366-13.pdf>`_.

As explained in :ref:`simple_example`, the rectification and wavelength
calibration of any EMIR spectroscopic image can be obtained with two levels of
quality:
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Simple example: arc exposure
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.. warning::

The wavelength calibration is performed using vacuum wavelengths. Some of
the arc lines were identified using the `NIST Atomic Spectra Database
<https://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/ASD/lines_form.html>`_, which provides
wavelengths in vacuum above 2000 nm, and in air between 200 and 2000 nm. The
latter were accordingly transformed to vacuum following `Ciddor (1996)
<https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.35.001566>`_.

.. warning::

All the commands are assumed to be executed in a terminal running the **bash
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