We provide a suite of publicly available spectral data reduction software to facilitate rapid scientific products from time-domain observations. The Automated SpectroPhotometric REDuction (ASPIRED) toolkit is aimed to be as general as possible with high flexibility such that it can work with different instruments. The default settings support typical low-resolution long-slit spectrometer configurations, whilst it also offers a flexible set of functions for users to refine and tailor-make automated pipelines to an instrument's individual characteristics. Automation can provide immediate data reduction to allow adaptive observing strategies, which is particularly important in Time Domain Astronomy. ASPIRED is entirely P -based and is independent of .
We are reporting the updates in version 0.2.0 of the Automated Spec-troPhotometric REDuction (ASPIRED) pipeline, designed for common use on different instruments. The default settings support many typical long-slit spectrometer configurations, whilst it also offers a flexible set of functions for users to refine and tailor-make their automated pipelines to an instrument's individual characteristics. Such automation provides near real-time data reduction to allow adaptive observing strategies, which is particularly important in the Time Domain Astronomy. Over the course of last year, significant improvement was made in the internal data handling as well as data I/O, accuracy and repeatability in the wavelength calibration.
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