plot_orbits

gala.dynamics.plot_orbits(x, t=None, ix=None, axes=None, triangle=False, subplots_kwargs={}, labels=('$x$', '$y$', '$z$'), **kwargs)

Given time series of positions, x, make nice plots of the orbit in cartesian projections.

Parameters:

x : array_like

Array of positions. axis=0 is assumed to be the dimensionality, axis=1 is the time axis. See Array shapes for more information.

t : array_like (optional)

Array of times. Only used if the input orbit is 1-dimensional.

ix : int, array_like (optional)

Index or array of indices of orbits to plot. For example, if x is an array of shape (3,1024,32) - 1024 timesteps for 32 orbits in 3D positions – ix would specify which of the 32 orbits to plot.

axes : array_like (optional)

Array of matplotlib Axes objects.

triangle : bool (optional)

Make a triangle plot instead of plotting all projections in a single row.

subplots_kwargs : dict (optional)

Dictionary of kwargs passed to subplots().

labels : iterable (optional)

List or iterable of axis labels as strings. They should correspond to the dimensions of the input orbit.

**kwargs

All other keyword arguments are passed to plot(). You can pass in any of the usual style kwargs like color=..., marker=..., etc.

Returns:

fig : Figure