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  • golden_spiral_grid

golden_spiral_grid#

astropy.coordinates.golden_spiral_grid(size)[source]#

Generate a grid of points on the surface of the unit sphere using the Fibonacci or Golden Spiral method.

See also

Evenly distributing points on a sphere

Parameters:
sizeint

The number of points to generate.

Returns:
repUnitSphericalRepresentation

The grid of points.

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