Galactic¶
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class
astropy.coordinates.
Galactic
(*args, **kwargs)[source] [edit on github]¶ Bases:
astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame
Galactic Coordinates.
Parameters: representation :
BaseRepresentation
or NoneA representation object or None to have no data (or use the other keywords)
l :
Angle
, optional, must be keywordThe Galactic longitude for this object (
b
must also be given andrepresentation
must be None).b :
Angle
, optional, must be keywordThe Galactic latitude for this object (
l
must also be given andrepresentation
must be None).distance :
Quantity
, optional, must be keywordThe Distance for this object along the line-of-sight.
pm_l_cosb :
Quantity
, optional, must be keywordThe proper motion in Galactic longitude (including the
cos(b)
term) for this object (pm_b
must also be given).pm_b :
Quantity
, optional, must be keywordThe proper motion in Galactic latitude for this object (
pm_l_cosb
must also be given).radial_velocity :
Quantity
, optional, must be keywordThe radial velocity of this object.
copy : bool, optional
If
True
(default), make copies of the input coordinate arrays. Can only be passed in as a keyword argument.Attributes Summary
default_differential
default_representation
frame_specific_representation_info
name
Attributes Documentation
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default_differential
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default_representation
¶
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frame_specific_representation_info
¶
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name
= 'galactic'¶
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