Orphan¶
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class
gala.coordinates.
Orphan
(*args, **kwargs)[source]¶ Bases:
astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame
A Heliocentric spherical coordinate system defined by the orbit of the Orphan stream, as described in Newberg et al. 2010 (see: http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.0576).
For more information about this class, see the Astropy documentation on coordinate frames in
coordinates
.Parameters: representation :
BaseRepresentation
or NoneA representation object or None to have no data (or use the other keywords)
Lambda : angle_like, optional, must be keyword
The longitude-like angle corresponding to Orphan’s orbit.
Beta : angle_like, optional, must be keyword
The latitude-like angle corresponding to Orphan’s orbit.
distance :
Quantity
, optional, must be keywordThe Distance for this object along the line-of-sight.
Attributes Summary
default_representation
frame_specific_representation_info
name
Attributes Documentation
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default_representation
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frame_specific_representation_info
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name
= 'orphan'¶
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