get_constellation¶
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astropy.coordinates.
get_constellation
(coord, short_name=False, constellation_list='iau')[source]¶ Determines the constellation(s) a given coordinate object contains.
- Parameters
- coordcoordinate object
The object to determine the constellation of.
- short_namebool
If True, the returned names are the IAU-sanctioned abbreviated names. Otherwise, full names for the constellations are used.
- constellation_liststr
The set of constellations to use. Currently only
'iau'
is supported, meaning the 88 “modern” constellations endorsed by the IAU.
- Returns
- constellationstr or string array
If
coords
contains a scalar coordinate, returns the name of the constellation. If it is an array coordinate object, it returns an array of names.
Notes
To determine which constellation a point on the sky is in, this precesses to B1875, and then uses the Delporte boundaries of the 88 modern constellations, as tabulated by Roman 1987.