From Telescope to Tomography

Top left: White and Angellini 2001 (Chandra X-ray image resolving double source in M15). Top right: Hynes (Schematic of an X-ray Binary); http://www.astro.soton.ac.uk/ ~rih/.

This site provides information on optical data reduction and on running Doppler and modulation tomography modules. It was originally funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Updated by Charith Peris (CfA predoctoral fellow) in 2013. Updated by Kaley Brauer (NSF REU student at CfA) in 2016
Center: The Keck observatory in Hawaii. Right: Modulation tomogram of the microquasar J1118+480 using Keck observations (Calvelo et al. 2009)

Optical data reduction for Magellan

Preparing files for input to tomographic routines ("molly")

Instructions for Doppler tomography

Instructions for Modulation tomography

Data reduction for Hubble/STIS

Center: The Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile. Right: Modulation tomogram of the X-ray novae V616 Mon using Magellan observations (Neilsen et al. 2008)

Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author (Saeqa Vrtilek) and do not reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

This page last updated February 22, 2017