How to use GLon.py in ezRA (Easy Radio Astronomy)

ezRA’s   ezGLon.py   program studies cross sections of the Milky Way, along one Galactic Longitude (GLon).

ezRA’s   ezGLon.py   program processes   *GLon.npz   files.

Above, the   ezGLon.py   program errored because it found   *Gal.npz   files, but it did not find any    *GLon.npz   files ?  At least none with any 45  +/-  5.0 degrees GLon data ?

ezCon will filter the data and create    *GLon.npz   files for +15 degrees GLon with a Windows command like this,

      py  ..\ezRA\ezCon.py   data  -ezConGalCrossingGLonCenter  15

ezCon will create    *GLon.npz   files for 15 equally-spaced GLons from 20 to 90 degrees with a Windows command like this,

      py  ..\ezRA\ezCon.py   data  -ezConGalCrossingGLonCenterL  20  90  15

Then for each wanted GLon cross section of the Milky Way, run a command, like this for GLon 20   +/-   2.0 degrees,

      py  ..\ezRA\ezGLon.py   .  -ezGlonGalCrossingGLonNear  2  -ezGLonGalCrossingGLonCenter 20

I consider ezGLon to be advanced ezRA.

This flows into 3-dimensional plotting.

Perhaps see page 92 of the SARA Journal November – December 2024, for my more detailed ezGLon instructions.


Ted Cline

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