spacepy.plot.dual_half_circle¶
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spacepy.plot.
dual_half_circle
(center=(0, 0), radius=1.0, sun_direction='right', ax=None, colors=('w', 'k'), **kwargs)[source]¶ Plot two half circles to a plot with the specified face colors and rotation. This is normal to use to denote the sun direction in magnetospheric science plots.
Returns: out : tuple
Tuple of the two wedge objects
Other Parameters: center : array-like, 2 elements
Center in data coordinates of the circles, default (0,0)
radius : float
Radius of the circles, defualt 1.0
sun_direction : string or float
The rotation direction of the first (white) circle. Options are [‘down’, ‘down right’, ‘right’, ‘up left’, ‘up right’, ‘up’, ‘down left’, ‘left’] or an angle in degrees counter-clockwise from up. Default right.
ax : matplotlib.axes
Axis to plot the circles on.
colors : array-like, 2 elements
The two colors for the circle fill. The First number is the light and second is the dark.
**kwargs : other keywords
Other keywords to pass to matplotlib.patches.Wedge
Examples
>>> import spacepy.plot >>> spacepy.plot.dual_half_circle()