galpy.util.coords.vrpmllpmbb_to_vxvyvz

galpy.util.coords.vrpmllpmbb_to_vxvyvz(vr, pmll, pmbb, l, b, d, XYZ=False, degree=False)[source]

Transform velocities in the spherical Galactic coordinate frame to the rectangular Galactic coordinate frame (can take vector inputs)

Parameters:

  • vr (float or numpy.ndarray) – Line-of-sight velocity (km/s)

  • pmll (float or numpy.ndarray) – Proper motion in the Galactic longitude direction (mu_l * cos(b)) (mas/yr)

  • pmbb (float or numpy.ndarray) – Proper motion in the Galactic latitude (mas/yr)

  • l (float or numpy.ndarray) – Galactic longitude

  • b (float or numpy.ndarray) – Galactic latitude

  • d (float or numpy.ndarray) – Distance (kpc)

  • XYZ (bool, optional) – If True, then l,b,d is actually X,Y,Z (rectangular Galactic coordinates). Default is False.

  • degree (bool, optional) – If True, l and b are in degrees. Default is False.

Returns:

[vx,vy,vz] in (km/s,km/s,km/s). For vector inputs [:,3]

Return type:

tuple or numpy.ndarray

Notes

  • 2009-10-24 - Written - Bovy (NYU)

  • 2014-06-14 - Re-written w/ numpy functions for speed and w/ decorators for beauty - Bovy (IAS)