From 02b921d4e2748cc31f2d96f734d22b8ab34cdfba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron LI Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2017 11:06:39 +0800 Subject: galactic/snr.py: Explain size_{major,minor} are diameter values --- fg21sim/galactic/snr.py | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'fg21sim/galactic') 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 -- cgit v1.2.2