BaseRepresentation

class astropy.coordinates.BaseRepresentation

Bases: object

Base Representation object, for representing a point in a 3D coordinate system.

Notes

All representation classes should subclass this base representation class. All subclasses should then define a to_cartesian method and a from_cartesian class method. By default, transformations are done via the cartesian system, but classes that want to define a smarter transformation path can overload the represent_as method. Furthermore, all classes must define an attr_classes attribute, an OrderedDict which maps component names to the class that creates them. They can also define a recommended_units dictionary, which maps component names to the units they are best presented to users in. Note that frame classes may override this with their own preferred units.

Attributes Summary

components	A tuple with the in-order names of the coordinate components
isscalar
recommended_units
shape

Methods Summary

from_cartesian()
from_representation(representation)
get_name()
represent_as(other_class)
to_cartesian()

Attributes Documentation

components

A tuple with the in-order names of the coordinate components

isscalar

recommended_units = {}

shape

Methods Documentation

from_cartesian()

classmethod from_representation(representation)

classmethod get_name()

represent_as(other_class)

to_cartesian()