Abstract
Magnetic activity in the atmospheres of stars produces a number of
spectroscopic signatures that are visible in the shape and strength of spectral
lines. These signatures can be used to access, among other things, the
variability of the magnetic activity, or its infuence on other parameters such
as the measured radial velocity (RV). This latter is of utmost importance for
the detection and characterization of planets orbiting other stars. ACTIN is a
Python program to calculate stellar activity indices. The program reads input
data either from .fits files returned by the pipelines of spectrographs, or
from .rdb tables. It extracts automatically the spectral data required to
calculate spectral activity indices. The output is an .rdb table, with the
calculated stellar activity indices for each date (Julian Date), as well as the
RV and Cross-Correlation Function profile parameters, if available. It also
outputs timeseries plots of the activity indices and plots the spectral lines
used to compute the indices.
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