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(…) |
Fetch a list of HiPS tiles. |
make_sky_image((geometry: typing.Union[dict, …) |
Make sky image: fetch tiles and draw. |
test([package, test_path, args, plugins, …]) |
Run the tests using py.test. |
Classes¶
HipsDrawResult((image: numpy.ndarray, …) |
HiPS draw result object (sky image and more). |
HipsPainter((geometry: typing.Union[dict, …) |
Paint a sky image from HiPS image tiles. |
HipsSurveyProperties(…) |
HiPS properties container. |
HipsSurveyPropertiesList(…) |
HiPS survey properties list. |
HipsTile(…) |
HiPS tile container. |
HipsTileAllskyArray(…) |
All-sky tile array container. |
HipsTileMeta((order: int, ipix: int, …) |
HiPS tile metadata. |
WCSGeometry((wcs: astropy.wcs.wcs.WCS, …) |
Sky image geometry: WCS and image shape. |