Recent content by SMBH

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    Undergrad How to check if stellar/galactic spectrum extraction went well?

    I've been doing some spectrum extractions in IRAF, stellar and galactic, and I was wondering if anyone here had any ideas on how to tell if the extraction/calibration/etc went well? I have a bunch of finished projects but I'm not sure about how to tell if they're any good or not. Let me know if...
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    Graduate IRAF xgterm implot unresponsive (mac OS High Sierra 10.13.3)

    Nevermind figured it out! Completely deleted and reinstalled and everything worked fine.
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    Exploring the Mysteries of SMBH Formation: An Undergrad's Journey

    Hi! I am an american undergraduate student studying astronomy and physics. I am on a research team searching for IMBHs at the center of dwarf galaxies, trying to figure out how SMBHs are formed.
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    Graduate IRAF xgterm implot unresponsive (mac OS High Sierra 10.13.3)

    I downloaded IRAF to my machine using astroconda, and everything works perfectly except the implot function when using an xgterm terminal (it kind of works with xterm, but not really). I can get it to display a plot with implot, but none of the keystroke functions work at all and I am not even...