Visualization (sunpy.visualization)

sunpy.visualization contains plotting helpers and functions.

sunpy.visualization Package

Functions

axis_labels_from_ctype(ctype, unit)	Returns axis labels for the given coordinate type and unit.
draw_limb(axes, observer, *[, rsun, resolution])	Deprecated since version 4.1.
peek_show(func)	A decorator to place on peek() methods to show the figure.

sunpy.visualization.colormaps Package

The following colormaps are provided by this module.

(Source code, png, hires.png, pdf)

• ‘goes-rsuvi94’

• ‘goes-rsuvi131’

• ‘goes-rsuvi171’

• ‘goes-rsuvi195’

• ‘goes-rsuvi284’

• ‘goes-rsuvi304’

• ‘sdoaia94’

• ‘sdoaia131’

• ‘sdoaia171’

• ‘sdoaia193’

• ‘sdoaia211’

• ‘sdoaia304’

• ‘sdoaia335’

• ‘sdoaia1600’

• ‘sdoaia1700’

• ‘sdoaia4500’

• ‘sohoeit171’

• ‘sohoeit195’

• ‘sohoeit284’

• ‘sohoeit304’

• ‘soholasco2’

• ‘soholasco3’

• ‘sswidlsoholasco2’

• ‘sswidlsoholasco3’

• ‘stereocor1’

• ‘stereocor2’

• ‘stereohi1’

• ‘stereohi2’

• ‘yohkohsxtal’

• ‘yohkohsxtwh’

• ‘hinodexrt’

• ‘hinodesotintensity’

• ‘trace171’

• ‘trace195’

• ‘trace284’

• ‘trace1216’

• ‘trace1550’

• ‘trace1600’

• ‘trace1700’

• ‘traceWL’

• ‘hmimag’

• ‘irissji1330’

• ‘irissji1400’

• ‘irissji1600’

• ‘irissji2796’

• ‘irissji2832’

• ‘irissji5000’

• ‘irissjiFUV’

• ‘irissjiNUV’

• ‘irissjiSJI_NUV’

• ‘kcor’

• ‘rhessi’

• ‘std_gamma_2’

• ‘euvi171’

• ‘euvi195’

• ‘euvi284’

• ‘euvi304’

• ‘solar orbiterfsi174’

• ‘solar orbiterfsi304’

• ‘solar orbiterhri_euv174’

• ‘solar orbiterhri_lya1216’

Functions

show_colormaps([search])

Displays a plot of the custom color maps supported in SunPy.

sunpy.visualization.colormaps.color_tables Module

This module provides dictionaries for generating LinearSegmentedColormap, and a dictionary of these dictionaries.

Functions

aia_color_table(wavelength)	Returns one of the fundamental color tables for SDO AIA images.
sswidl_lasco_color_table(number)	Returns one of the SSWIDL-defined color tables for SOHO LASCO images.
eit_color_table(wavelength)	Returns one of the fundamental color tables for SOHO EIT images.
sxt_color_table(sxt_filter)	Returns one of the fundamental color tables for Yokhoh SXT images.
xrt_color_table()	Returns the color table used for all Hinode XRT images.
trace_color_table(measurement)	Returns one of the standard color tables for TRACE JP2 files.
sot_color_table(measurement)	Returns one of the standard color tables for SOT files (following osdc convention).
hmi_mag_color_table()	Returns an alternate HMI Magnetogram color table; from Stanford University/JSOC.
suvi_color_table(wavelength)	Returns one of the fundamental color tables for SUVI images.
rhessi_color_table()
std_gamma_2()
euvi_color_table(wavelength)
solohri_lya1216_color_table()

sunpy.visualization.animator Package

Classes

MapSequenceAnimator(mapsequence[, annotate])

Create an interactive viewer for a MapSequence.

Class Inheritance Diagram

sunpy.visualization.wcsaxes_compat Module

This module provides functions to make WCSAxes work in SunPy.

Functions

is_wcsaxes(axes)	Tests a matplotlib.axes.Axes object to see if it is an instance of WCSAxes.
gca_wcs(wcs[, fig, slices])	Get the current axes, or create a new WCSAxes if fig has no axes.
get_world_transform(axes)	Get the transformation to world coordinates.
default_wcs_grid(axes)	Apply some default WCSAxes grid formatting.
wcsaxes_heliographic_overlay(axes[, ...])	Create a heliographic overlay using WCSAxes.

sunpy.visualization.drawing Module

This module provides functions that draw on Astropy’s WCSAxes.

Functions

limb(axes, observer, *[, rsun, resolution])	Draws the solar limb as seen by the specified observer.
equator(axes, *[, rsun, resolution])	Draws the solar equator as seen by the axes observer.
prime_meridian(axes, *[, rsun, resolution])	Draws the solar prime meridian (zero Carrington longitude) as seen by the axes observer.