MoonIlluminationConstraint

class astroplan.MoonIlluminationConstraint(min=None, max=None, ephemeris=None)

Bases: astroplan.Constraint

Constrain the fractional illumination of the Earth’s moon.

Constraint is also satisfied if the Moon has set.

Parameters:

min : float or None (optional)

Minimum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

max : float or None (optional)

Maximum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

ephemeris : str, optional

Ephemeris to use. If not given, use the one set with solar_system_ephemeris (which is set to ‘builtin’ by default).

Methods Summary

bright([min, max])	initialize a MoonIlluminationConstraint
compute_constraint(times, observer, targets)
dark([min, max])	initialize a MoonIlluminationConstraint
grey([min, max])	initialize a MoonIlluminationConstraint

Methods Documentation

classmethod bright(min=0.65, max=None, **kwargs)

initialize a MoonIlluminationConstraint with defaults of a minimum of 0.65 and no maximum

Parameters:

min : float or None (optional)

Minimum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

max : float or None (optional)

Maximum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

compute_constraint(times, observer, targets)

classmethod dark(min=None, max=0.25, **kwargs)

initialize a MoonIlluminationConstraint with defaults of no minimum and a maximum of 0.25

Parameters:

min : float or None (optional)

Minimum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

max : float or None (optional)

Maximum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

classmethod grey(min=0.25, max=0.65, **kwargs)

initialize a MoonIlluminationConstraint with defaults of a minimum of 0.25 and a maximum of 0.65

Parameters:

min : float or None (optional)

Minimum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.

max : float or None (optional)

Maximum acceptable fractional illumination (inclusive). None indicates no limit.