galpy.orbit.Orbit.plot¶
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Orbit.
plot
(*args, **kwargs)[source]¶ NAME:
plotPURPOSE:
plot a previously calculated orbit (with reasonable defaults)INPUT:
d1= first dimension to plot (‘x’, ‘y’, ‘R’, ‘vR’, ‘vT’, ‘z’, ‘vz’, …); can also be an expression, like ‘R*vR’, or a user-defined function of time (e.g., lambda t: o.R(t) for R)
d2= second dimension to plot; can also be an expression, like ‘R*vR’, or a user-defined function of time (e.g., lambda t: o.R(t) for R)
ro= (Object-wide default) physical scale for distances to use to convert (can be Quantity)
vo= (Object-wide default) physical scale for velocities to use to convert (can be Quantity)
use_physical= use to override Object-wide default for using a physical scale for output
matplotlib.plot inputs+galpy.util.plot.plot inputs
OUTPUT:
sends plot to output deviceHISTORY:
2010-07-26 - Written - Bovy (NYU)
2010-09-22 - Adapted to more general framework - Bovy (NYU)
2013-11-29 - added ra,dec kwargs and other derived quantities - Bovy (IAS)
2014-06-11 - Support for plotting in physical coordinates - Bovy (IAS)
2017-11-28 - Allow arbitrary functions of time to be plotted - Bovy (UofT)
2019-04-13 - Edited for multiple Orbits - Bovy (UofT)