Filter

class telescopy.Filter(wavelength=None, transmissivity=None, path=None, name=None)

Bases: object

Transmissivity curve for a filter.

Parameters:

wavelength : Quantity

Wavelength array for the transmissivity curve.

transmissivity : ndarray

Transmissivity of the filter

path : str

Path to text transmissivity file

name : str

Name of the filter

Methods Summary

available_filters()	Available filters stored in telescopy.
from_name(name)	Transmissivity of a built-in filter.
plot([ax])	Plot the transmissivity curve of a filter

Methods Documentation

static available_filters()

Available filters stored in telescopy.

Returns:

filters : list

List of available filter names

classmethod from_name(name)

Transmissivity of a built-in filter.

Parameters:

name : str

Must be one of the filters returned by available_filters().

plot(ax=None)

Plot the transmissivity curve of a filter

Parameters:

ax : Axes or None

Axis object.

Returns:

ax : Axes

Plot with transmissivity curve