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-rw-r--r--fg21sim/galactic/snr.py10
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diff --git a/fg21sim/galactic/snr.py b/fg21sim/galactic/snr.py
index fdb58be..02103d3 100644
--- a/fg21sim/galactic/snr.py
+++ b/fg21sim/galactic/snr.py
@@ -96,10 +96,12 @@ class SuperNovaRemnants:
"""
Load the Galactic SNRs catalog data.
- Catalog column units:
- * glon, glat : deg
- * size_major, size_minor : arcmin
- * flux : Jy
+ Catalog columns:
+ * glon, glat : SNR coordinate, Galactic coordinate, [deg]
+ * size_major, size_minor : SNR angular sizes; major and minor axes
+ of the ellipse fitted to the SNR, or the diameter of the fitted
+ circle if the SNR is nearly circular; [arcmin]
+ * flux : Flux density at 1 GHz, [Jy]
"""
self.catalog = pd.read_csv(self.catalog_path)
nrow, ncol = self.catalog.shape