GeocentricSolarEcliptic

class heliopy.coordinates.frames.GeocentricSolarEcliptic(*args, copy=True, representation_type=None, differential_type=None, **kwargs)

Bases: astropy.coordinates.baseframe.BaseCoordinateFrame

A coordinate frame in the Geocentric Solar Ecliptic (GSE) system.

Possible call signatures:

gse = GeocentricSolarEcliptic(x, y, z)
gse = GeocentricSolarEcliptic(x, y, z, obstime)

The x-y plane is the Earth mean ecliptic, the x-axis points from the Earth to the Sun, and the z-axis points North out of the ecliptic plane.

Parameters:
  • x (Quantity) – x-coordinate(s)
  • y (Quantity) – y-coordinate(s)
  • z (Quantity) – z-coordinate(s)
  • obstime (datetime, optional) – Observation time. Required for some transformations between different coordinate systems.

Attributes Summary

default_differential
default_representation
frame_attributes
frame_specific_representation_info
name
obstime

Attributes Documentation

default_differential
default_representation
frame_attributes = {'obstime': <astropy.coordinates.attributes.TimeAttribute object at 0x7f2286748358>}
frame_specific_representation_info
name = 'GSE'
obstime = None