spec = slitlet[mid-3:mid+3, :]
        spec = np.median(spec, axis=0)

        continuum = median_filter(spec, 250)
        if fiducial_spec.shape == (0,):
                fiducial_spec = spec
                fiducial_spec /= continuum
                fiducial_spec /= fiducial_spec.max()

        soc = spec/continuum
        soc /= soc.max()
        as_per_pix = .18/1.4
        shift = -np.median(loc)/as_per_pix

        lags = np.arange(shift-300,shift+300,dtype=np.int)
        xc = Fit.xcor(soc[800:1300], fiducial_spec[800:1300], lags)
        #start_shell()
        shift = lags[np.argmax(xc)]



        center = width/2 - shift 
        print center, write_pos

        xs = np.arange(len(spec))
        pl.plot(xs - shift, spec/continuum)

        try:
                out[(write_pos - dy):write_pos, center-1024:center+1024] = slitlet
                if minl > center-1024: minl = center-1024
                if maxl < center+1024: maxl = center+1024