1.4.2.0 componentlist.addcomponent

1.4.2 Add a component to the list
Description

The addcomponent function is a convenience function that ties together the simulate function, and the various set functions. This function adds a component to the end of the list. For a description of the arguments see the following functions.


Inputs
flux	The flux value. A vector with four real or complex numbers
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant
fluxunit	The units of the flux. Any string with the same dimensions as the Jansky
	allowed:	string
	Default:	Jy
polarization	The polarization of the value field. “Stokes”, “linear” or “circular”
	allowed:	string
	Default:	Circular Linear Stokes
dir	The direction measure of the source, it can a be any direction measure from the measures tool or a string of the type ’J2000 10h30m00 -20d00m00.0’ or a vector of strings of the type [’J2000’, ’10:30:00.00’, ’-20.00.00.0’]. Basically the string or strings should have the direction frame and quantities for Ra and Dec
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant J2000 00h00m00.0 90d00m00.0
shape	The new shape type. A string that is either ’point’, ’Gaussian’ or ’disk’
	allowed:	string
	Default:	disk Gaussian point
majoraxis	The width of the larger axis. A quantity with angular units
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant 2.0arcmin
minoraxis	The width of the smaller axis. A quantity with angular units
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant 1.0arcmin
positionangle	The rotation of the axes with respect to the reference frame. A quantity with angular units
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant 0.0deg
freq	The reference frequency. A quantity with units equivalent to the ’Hz’ and frame or a frequency measure, e.g [’TOPO’, ’1.6GHz’], or simply default frame (LSRK) ’1.6GHz’
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant LSRK 1.415GHz
spectrumtype	The new spectrum type. A string that is either ’constant’ or ’spectral index’
	allowed:	string
	Default:	spectral index constant
index	The spectral indices A 4-element vector or real numbers
	allowed:	doubleArray
	Default:	1 0 0 0
label	The label for the component
	allowed:	string
	Default:

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