pixel_to_skycoord

astropy.wcs.utils.pixel_to_skycoord(xp, yp, wcs, origin=0, mode='all', cls=None)

Convert a set of pixel coordinates into a SkyCoord coordinate.

Parameters

xp, ypfloat or numpy.ndarray

The coordinates to convert.

wcsWCS

The WCS transformation to use.

originint

Whether to return 0 or 1-based pixel coordinates.

mode‘all’ or ‘wcs’

Whether to do the transformation including distortions ('all') or only including only the core WCS transformation ('wcs').

clsclass or None

The class of object to create. Should be a SkyCoord subclass. If None, defaults to SkyCoord.

Returns

coordsWhatever cls is (a subclass of SkyCoord)

The celestial coordinates

See also

astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord.from_pixel