SphericalRepresentation¶
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class
astropy.coordinates.
SphericalRepresentation
(lon, lat, distance, differentials=None, copy=True)[source] [edit on github]¶ Bases:
astropy.coordinates.BaseRepresentation
Representation of points in 3D spherical coordinates.
Parameters: - lon, lat :
Quantity
The longitude and latitude of the point(s), in angular units. The latitude should be between -90 and 90 degrees, and the longitude will be wrapped to an angle between 0 and 360 degrees. These can also be instances of
Angle
,Longitude
, orLatitude
.- distance :
Quantity
The distance to the point(s). If the distance is a length, it is passed to the
Distance
class, otherwise it is passed to theQuantity
class.- differentials : dict,
BaseDifferential
, optional Any differential classes that should be associated with this representation. The input must either be a single
BaseDifferential
instance (see_compatible_differentials
for valid types), or a dictionary of of differential instances with keys set to a string representation of the SI unit with which the differential (derivative) is taken. For example, for a velocity differential on a positional representation, the key would be's'
for seconds, indicating that the derivative is a time derivative.- copy : bool, optional
If
True
(default), arrays will be copied rather than referenced.
Attributes Summary
attr_classes
distance
The distance from the origin to the point(s). lat
The latitude of the point(s). lon
The longitude of the point(s). Methods Summary
from_cartesian
(cart)Converts 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates to spherical polar coordinates. norm
()Vector norm. represent_as
(other_class[, differential_class])Convert coordinates to another representation. scale_factors
([omit_coslat])Scale factors for each component’s direction. to_cartesian
()Converts spherical polar coordinates to 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates. unit_vectors
()Cartesian unit vectors in the direction of each component. Attributes Documentation
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attr_classes
= {'distance': <class 'astropy.units.quantity.Quantity'>, 'lat': <class 'astropy.coordinates.angles.Latitude'>, 'lon': <class 'astropy.coordinates.angles.Longitude'>}¶
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distance
¶ The distance from the origin to the point(s).
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lat
¶ The latitude of the point(s).
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lon
¶ The longitude of the point(s).
Methods Documentation
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classmethod
from_cartesian
(cart)[source] [edit on github]¶ Converts 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates to spherical polar coordinates.
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norm
()[source] [edit on github]¶ Vector norm.
The norm is the standard Frobenius norm, i.e., the square root of the sum of the squares of all components with non-angular units. For spherical coordinates, this is just the absolute value of the distance.
Returns: - norm :
astropy.units.Quantity
Vector norm, with the same shape as the representation.
- norm :
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represent_as
(other_class, differential_class=None)[source] [edit on github]¶ Convert coordinates to another representation.
If the instance is of the requested class, it is returned unmodified. By default, conversion is done via cartesian coordinates.
Parameters: - other_class :
BaseRepresentation
subclass The type of representation to turn the coordinates into.
- differential_class : dict of
BaseDifferential
, optional Classes in which the differentials should be represented. Can be a single class if only a single differential is attached, otherwise it should be a
dict
keyed by the same keys as the differentials.
- other_class :
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scale_factors
(omit_coslat=False)[source] [edit on github]¶ Scale factors for each component’s direction.
Given unit vectors \(\hat{e}_c\) and scale factors \(f_c\), a change in one component of \(\delta c\) corresponds to a change in representation of \(\delta c \times f_c \times \hat{e}_c\).
Returns: - scale_factors : dict of
Quantity
The keys are the component names.
- scale_factors : dict of
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to_cartesian
()[source] [edit on github]¶ Converts spherical polar coordinates to 3D rectangular cartesian coordinates.
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unit_vectors
()[source] [edit on github]¶ Cartesian unit vectors in the direction of each component.
Given unit vectors \(\hat{e}_c\) and scale factors \(f_c\), a change in one component of \(\delta c\) corresponds to a change in representation of \(\delta c \times f_c \times \hat{e}_c\).
Returns: - unit_vectors : dict of
CartesianRepresentation
The keys are the component names.
- unit_vectors : dict of
- lon, lat :