Published October 9, 2023 | Version v1
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The SunPy coordinates framework

  • 1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Description

The SunPy coordinates framework is built off of the Astropy coordinates framework by extending it to handle coordinate frames relevant for solar physics.  `sunpy.coordinates` prioritizes accuracy in its coordinate transformations, and this accuracy has had multiple successes in uncovering errors in other libraries and data sources.  Complex examples of how `sunpy.coordinates` is used include:

  • reprojecting an image taken of the Sun from one vantage point to a different vantage point
  • accounting for solar differential rotation (i.e., the fact that different latitudinal bands of the Sun rotate at different rates)

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