.. _sphx_glr_generated_examples_coordinates:

.. _example-gallery-coordinates:

astropy.coordinates
-------------------

General examples of the `astropy.coordinates` subpackage.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Radial or line-of-sight velocities of sources are often reported in a Heliocentric or Solar-sys...">

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  .. image:: /generated/examples/coordinates/images/thumb/sphx_glr_rv-to-gsr_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_generated_examples_coordinates_rv-to-gsr.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Convert a radial velocity to the Galactic Standard of Rest (GSR)</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This example demonstrates coordinate transformations and the creation of visibility curves to a...">

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  .. image:: /generated/examples/coordinates/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_obs-planning_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_generated_examples_coordinates_plot_obs-planning.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Determining and plotting the altitude/azimuth of a celestial object</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This document shows a few examples of how to use and customize the ~astropy.coordinates.Galacto...">

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  .. image:: /generated/examples/coordinates/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_galactocentric-frame_thumb.png
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  :ref:`sphx_glr_generated_examples_coordinates_plot_galactocentric-frame.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Transforming positions and velocities to and from a Galactocentric frame</div>
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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="This document describes in detail how to subclass and define a custom spherical coordinate fram...">

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  :ref:`sphx_glr_generated_examples_coordinates_plot_sgr-coordinate-frame.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Create a new coordinate class (for the Sagittarius stream)</div>
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    </div>


.. toctree::
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   /generated/examples/coordinates/rv-to-gsr
   /generated/examples/coordinates/plot_obs-planning
   /generated/examples/coordinates/plot_galactocentric-frame
   /generated/examples/coordinates/plot_sgr-coordinate-frame