healpix2cart (class) ∞

class healpix2cart(log, mapPath, settings=False)[source] ∞

Bases: object

Take a healpix map and convert to a rectilinear projection.

Key Arguments:

  • log – logger

  • settings – the settings dictionary

  • mapPath – path the the healpix map

Usage:

To setup your logger and settings, please use the fundamentals package (see tutorial here).

To initiate a healpix2cart object, use the following:

from gocart.convert import healpix2cart
converter = healpix2cart(
    log=log,
    mapPath=pathToOutputDir + "/bayestar.multiorder.fits",
    settings=settings
)
wcs, mapDF, header = converter.convert()

Methods

convert()

convert the healpix map to a cartesian WCS and image
convert()[source] ∞

convert the healpix map to a cartesian WCS and image

Return:

  • wcs – an astropy wcs object

  • mapDF – the map converted cartesian format and recorded in a pandas dataframe.

  • header – the map header

Usage:

from gocart.convert import healpix2cart
converter = healpix2cart(
    log=log,
    mapPath=pathToOutputDir + "/bayestar.multiorder.fits",
    settings=settings
)
wcs, mapDF, header = converter.convert()