box_smooth¶
- specutils.manipulation.box_smooth(spectrum, width)[source]¶
Smooth a
Spectrum1D
instance along the spectral axis based on aastropy.convolution.Box1DKernel
kernel.- Parameters:
- spectrum
Spectrum1D
The spectrum object to which the smoothing will be applied.
- widthnumber
The width of the kernel, in pixels, as defined in
astropy.convolution.Box1DKernel
- spectrum
- Returns:
- spectrum
Spectrum1D
Output
Spectrum1D
which a copy of the one passed in with the updated flux.
- spectrum
- Raises:
- ValueError
In the case that
width
is not the correct type or value.