Constraint¶

class astroplan.Constraint[source]¶

Bases: object

Abstract class for objects defining observational constraints.

Methods Summary

`__call__`(observer, targets[, times, ...])	Compute the constraint for this class
`compute_constraint`(times, observer, targets)	Actually do the real work of computing the constraint.

Methods Documentation

__call__(observer, targets, times=None, time_range=None, time_grid_resolution=<Quantity 0.5 h>)[source]¶

Compute the constraint for this class

Parameters:

observer : Observer

the observation location from which to apply the constraints

targets : sequence of Target

The targets on which to apply the constraints.

times : Time

The times to compute the constraint. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BOTH TIMES AND TIME_RANGE ARE SET?

time_range : Time (length = 2)

Lower and upper bounds on time sequence.

time_grid_resolution : quantity

Time-grid spacing

Returns:

constraint_result : 2D array of float or bool

The constraints, with targets along the first index and times along the second.

compute_constraint(times, observer, targets)[source]¶

Actually do the real work of computing the constraint. Subclasses override this.