make_sky_image

hips.make_sky_image(geometry: hips.utils.wcs.WCSGeometry, hips_survey: typing.Union[str, _ForwardRef(‘HipsSurveyProperties’)], tile_format: str) → hips.draw.ui.HipsDrawResult

Make sky image: fetch tiles and draw.

The example for this can be found on the Getting started page.

Parameters:

geometry : WCSGeometry

Geometry of the output image

hips_survey : str or HipsSurveyProperties

HiPS survey properties

tile_format : {‘fits’, ‘jpg’, ‘png’}

Format of HiPS tile to use (some surveys are available in several formats, so this extra argument is needed)

Returns:

result : HipsDrawResult

Result object