Reference/API¶
hips Package¶
A Python astronomy package for HiPS : Hierarchical Progressive Surveys.
At the moment a client for HiPS images, but other contributions (HiPS catalogs or HiPS image generation) welcome!
- Code : https://github.com/hipspy/hips
- Docs : https://hips.readthedocs.io
- License : BSD-3 (see licenses folder for license file)
Functions¶
fetch_tiles(tile_metas, hips_survey, …) |
Fetch a list of HiPS tiles. |
healpix_to_hips(hpx_data, tile_width, base_path) |
Convert HEALPix image to HiPS. |
healpix_to_hips_tile(hpx_data, tile_width, …) |
Create single hips tile from healpix data given a tile index. |
make_sky_image(geometry, …) |
Make sky image: fetch tiles and draw. |
test([package, test_path, args, plugins, …]) |
Run the tests using py.test. |
Classes¶
HipsDrawResult(image, geometry, tile_format, …) |
HiPS draw result object (sky image and more). |
HipsPainter(geometry, …) |
Paint a sky image from HiPS image tiles. |
HipsSurveyProperties(data) |
HiPS properties container. |
HipsSurveyPropertiesList(data) |
HiPS survey properties list. |
HipsTile(meta, raw_data) |
HiPS tile container. |
HipsTileAllskyArray(meta, raw_data) |
All-sky tile array container. |
HipsTileMeta(order, ipix, file_format, …) |
HiPS tile metadata. |
WCSGeometry(wcs, width, height) |
Sky image geometry: WCS and image shape. |