1.2.1.0 componentlist.setrefdir

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componentlist.setrefdir - Function

1.2.1 Set the reference direction

Description

The setrefdir function sets the reference direction of the specified components to a new value. The direction is defined by separately specifying the right ascension and the declination.

The right ascension is specified as a string or a real number

Ra can be in standard angle units ’deg’, ’rad’, or time formatted as such ’HH:MM:SS.sss’ eg., ’19:34:63.8’ or angle formatted as such ’+DDD.MM.SS.sss’ eg., ’127.23.12.37’.

Similarly the declination is specified as a string or a real number and the decunit can be any angular unit or ’angle’ or ’time’.

Arguments


Inputs
which	A vector of indices specifying the components to modify. A vector with indices between 0 and one less than the list length, inclusively
	allowed:	int
	Default:	1
ra	The RA of the new direction, A formatted string or a number
	allowed:	any
	Default:
dec	The declination of the new direction. A formatted string or a number
	allowed:	any
	Default:
log	Send a message to the logger
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	true

Returns
bool

Example

      cl.simulate(3)
      cl.setrefdir(0, ’12:26:35.9’, ’-63.5.56’)
      cl.setrefdir(1, ’12h26m35.9’, ’-63d5m56’)
      cl.setrefdir(2, ’-173.35deg’, ’-1.10128rad’)
      cl.rename(’testcls.cl’)  # write to disk

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