Source code for astropy.coordinates.distances

# Licensed under a 3-clause BSD style license - see LICENSE.rst

"""
This module contains the classes and utility functions for distance and
cartesian coordinates.
"""

import warnings

import numpy as np

from astropy import units as u
from astropy.utils.exceptions import AstropyWarning

from .angles import Angle

__all__ = ["Distance"]


__doctest_requires__ = {"*": ["scipy"]}


[docs]class Distance(u.SpecificTypeQuantity): """ A one-dimensional distance. This can be initialized by providing one of the following: * Distance ``value`` (array or float) and a ``unit`` * |Quantity| object with dimensionality of length * Redshift and (optionally) a `~astropy.cosmology.Cosmology` * Distance modulus * Parallax Parameters ---------- value : scalar or `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length'] The value of this distance. unit : `~astropy.units.UnitBase` ['length'] The unit for this distance. z : float A redshift for this distance. It will be converted to a distance by computing the luminosity distance for this redshift given the cosmology specified by ``cosmology``. Must be given as a keyword argument. cosmology : `~astropy.cosmology.Cosmology` or None A cosmology that will be used to compute the distance from ``z``. If `None`, the current cosmology will be used (see `astropy.cosmology` for details). distmod : float or `~astropy.units.Quantity` The distance modulus for this distance. Note that if ``unit`` is not provided, a guess will be made at the unit between AU, pc, kpc, and Mpc. parallax : `~astropy.units.Quantity` or `~astropy.coordinates.Angle` The parallax in angular units. dtype : `~numpy.dtype`, optional See `~astropy.units.Quantity`. copy : bool, optional See `~astropy.units.Quantity`. order : {'C', 'F', 'A'}, optional See `~astropy.units.Quantity`. subok : bool, optional See `~astropy.units.Quantity`. ndmin : int, optional See `~astropy.units.Quantity`. allow_negative : bool, optional Whether to allow negative distances (which are possible in some cosmologies). Default: `False`. Raises ------ `~astropy.units.UnitsError` If the ``unit`` is not a length unit. ValueError If value specified is less than 0 and ``allow_negative=False``. If ``cosmology`` is provided when ``z`` is *not* given. If either none or more than one of ``value``, ``z``, ``distmod``, or ``parallax`` were given. Examples -------- >>> from astropy import units as u >>> from astropy.cosmology import WMAP5 >>> Distance(10, u.Mpc) <Distance 10. Mpc> >>> Distance(40*u.pc, unit=u.kpc) <Distance 0.04 kpc> >>> Distance(z=0.23) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP <Distance 1184.01657566 Mpc> >>> Distance(z=0.23, cosmology=WMAP5) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP <Distance 1147.78831918 Mpc> >>> Distance(distmod=24.47*u.mag) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP <Distance 783.42964277 kpc> >>> Distance(parallax=21.34*u.mas) # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP <Distance 46.86035614 pc> """ _equivalent_unit = u.m _include_easy_conversion_members = True def __new__( cls, value=None, unit=None, z=None, cosmology=None, distmod=None, parallax=None, dtype=np.inexact, copy=True, order=None, subok=False, ndmin=0, allow_negative=False, ): n_not_none = sum(x is not None for x in [value, z, distmod, parallax]) if n_not_none == 0: raise ValueError( "none of `value`, `z`, `distmod`, or `parallax` " "were given to Distance constructor" ) elif n_not_none > 1: raise ValueError( "more than one of `value`, `z`, `distmod`, or " "`parallax` were given to Distance constructor" ) if value is None: # If something else but `value` was provided then a new array will # be created anyways and there is no need to copy that. copy = False if z is not None: if cosmology is None: from astropy.cosmology import default_cosmology cosmology = default_cosmology.get() value = cosmology.luminosity_distance(z) elif cosmology is not None: raise ValueError( "a `cosmology` was given but `z` was not " "provided in Distance constructor" ) elif distmod is not None: value = cls._distmod_to_pc(distmod) if unit is None: # if the unit is not specified, guess based on the mean of # the log of the distance meanlogval = np.log10(value.value).mean() if meanlogval > 6: unit = u.Mpc elif meanlogval > 3: unit = u.kpc elif meanlogval < -3: # ~200 AU unit = u.AU else: unit = u.pc elif parallax is not None: if unit is None: unit = u.pc value = parallax.to_value(unit, equivalencies=u.parallax()) if np.any(parallax < 0): if allow_negative: warnings.warn( "negative parallaxes are converted to NaN distances even when" " `allow_negative=True`, because negative parallaxes cannot be" " transformed into distances. See the discussion in this paper:" " https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02105", AstropyWarning, ) else: raise ValueError( "some parallaxes are negative, which are not " "interpretable as distances. See the discussion in " "this paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1507.02105 . You " "can convert negative parallaxes to NaN distances by " "providing the `allow_negative=True` argument." ) # now we have arguments like for a Quantity, so let it do the work distance = super().__new__( cls, value, unit, dtype=dtype, copy=copy, order=order, subok=subok, ndmin=ndmin, ) if not allow_negative and np.any(distance.value < 0): raise ValueError( "distance must be >= 0. Use the argument " "`allow_negative=True` to allow negative values." ) return distance @property def z(self): """Short for ``self.compute_z()``""" return self.compute_z()
[docs] def compute_z(self, cosmology=None, **atzkw): """ The redshift for this distance assuming its physical distance is a luminosity distance. Parameters ---------- cosmology : `~astropy.cosmology.Cosmology` or None The cosmology to assume for this calculation, or `None` to use the current cosmology (see `astropy.cosmology` for details). **atzkw keyword arguments for :func:`~astropy.cosmology.z_at_value` Returns ------- z : `~astropy.units.Quantity` The redshift of this distance given the provided ``cosmology``. Warnings -------- This method can be slow for large arrays. The redshift is determined using :func:`astropy.cosmology.z_at_value`, which handles vector inputs (e.g. an array of distances) by element-wise calling of :func:`scipy.optimize.minimize_scalar`. For faster results consider using an interpolation table; :func:`astropy.cosmology.z_at_value` provides details. See Also -------- :func:`astropy.cosmology.z_at_value` : Find the redshift corresponding to a :meth:`astropy.cosmology.FLRW.luminosity_distance`. """ from astropy.cosmology import z_at_value if cosmology is None: from astropy.cosmology import default_cosmology cosmology = default_cosmology.get() atzkw.setdefault("ztol", 1.0e-10) return z_at_value(cosmology.luminosity_distance, self, **atzkw)
@property def distmod(self): """The distance modulus as a `~astropy.units.Quantity`""" val = 5.0 * np.log10(self.to_value(u.pc)) - 5.0 return u.Quantity(val, u.mag, copy=False) @classmethod def _distmod_to_pc(cls, dm): dm = u.Quantity(dm, u.mag) return cls(10 ** ((dm.value + 5) / 5.0), u.pc, copy=False) @property def parallax(self): """The parallax angle as an `~astropy.coordinates.Angle` object""" return Angle(self.to(u.milliarcsecond, u.parallax()))