Distance¶
-
class
astropy.coordinates.
Distance
[source] [edit on github]¶ Bases:
astropy.units.quantity.Quantity
A one-dimensional distance.
This can be initialized in one of four ways:
- A distance
value
(array or float) and aunit
- A
Quantity
object - A redshift and (optionally) a cosmology.
- Providing a distance modulus
Parameters: value : scalar or
Quantity
.The value of this distance.
unit :
UnitBase
The units for this distance, if
value
is not aQuantity
. Must have dimensions of distance.z : float
A redshift for this distance. It will be converted to a distance by computing the luminosity distance for this redshift given the cosmology specified by
cosmology
. Must be given as a keyword argument.cosmology :
Cosmology
orNone
A cosmology that will be used to compute the distance from
z
. IfNone
, the current cosmology will be used (seeastropy.cosmology
for details).distmod : float or
Quantity
The distance modulus for this distance. Note that if
unit
is not provided, a guess will be made at the unit between AU, pc, kpc, and Mpc.dtype :
dtype
, optionalSee
Quantity
.copy : bool, optional
See
Quantity
.order : {‘C’, ‘F’, ‘A’}, optional
See
Quantity
.subok : bool, optional
See
Quantity
.ndmin : int, optional
See
Quantity
.allow_negative : bool, optional
Whether to allow negative distances (which are possible is some cosmologies). Default:
False
.Raises: `~astropy.units.UnitsError`
If the
unit
is not a distance.ValueError
If value specified is less than 0 and
allow_negative=False
.If
z
is provided with aunit
orcosmology
is provided whenz
is not given, orvalue
is given as well asz
.Examples
>>> from astropy import units as u >>> from astropy import cosmology >>> from astropy.cosmology import WMAP5, WMAP7 >>> cosmology.set_current(WMAP7) >>> d1 = Distance(10, u.Mpc) >>> d2 = Distance(40, unit=u.au) >>> d3 = Distance(value=5, unit=u.kpc) >>> d4 = Distance(z=0.23) >>> d5 = Distance(z=0.23, cosmology=WMAP5) >>> d6 = Distance(distmod=24.47) >>> d7 = Distance(Distance(10 * u.Mpc))
Attributes Summary
distmod
The distance modulus as a Quantity
z
Short for self.compute_z()
Methods Summary
compute_z
([cosmology])The redshift for this distance assuming its physical distance is a luminosity distance. Attributes Documentation
-
z
¶ Short for
self.compute_z()
Methods Documentation
-
compute_z
(cosmology=None)[source] [edit on github]¶ The redshift for this distance assuming its physical distance is a luminosity distance.
Parameters: cosmology :
Cosmology
orNone
The cosmology to assume for this calculation, or
None
to use the current cosmology (seeastropy.cosmology
for details).Returns: z : float
The redshift of this distance given the provided
cosmology
.
- A distance