box_smooth

specutils.manipulation.box_smooth(spectrum, width)

Smooth a Spectrum1D instance based on a astropy.convolution.Box1DKernel kernel.

Parameters

spectrumSpectrum1D

The spectrum object to which the smoothing will be applied.

widthnumber

The width of the kernel, in pixels, as defined in astropy.convolution.Box1DKernel

Returns

spectrumSpectrum1D

Output Spectrum1D which a copy of the one passed in with the updated flux.

Raises

ValueError

In the case that width is not the correct type or value.