uniform_around

skypy.position.uniform_around(centre, area, size)

Uniform distribution of points around location.

Draws randomly distributed points from a circular region of the given area around the centre point.

Parameters

centreSkyCoord

Centre of the sampling region.

areaQuantity

Area of the sampling region as a Quantity in units of solid angle.

sizeint

Number of points to draw.

Returns

coordsSkyCoord

Randomly distributed points around the centre. The coordinates are returned in the same frame as the input.

Examples

See User Documentation.