galpy.util.coords.XYZ_to_lbd

galpy.util.coords.XYZ_to_lbd(X, Y, Z, degree=False)[source]

NAME:

XYZ_to_lbd

PURPOSE:

transform from rectangular Galactic coordinates to spherical Galactic coordinates (works with vector inputs)

INPUT:

X - component towards the Galactic Center (in kpc; though this obviously does not matter))

Y - component in the direction of Galactic rotation (in kpc)

Z - component towards the North Galactic Pole (kpc)

degree - (Bool) if True, return l and b in degrees

OUTPUT:

[l,b,d] in (rad or degree,rad or degree,kpc)

For vector inputs [:,3]

HISTORY:

2009-10-24 - Written - Bovy (NYU)

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