Create a new SkyCoord from pixel coordinates using a World Coordinate System.

Parameters¶

xp, ypfloat or ndarray

The coordinates to convert.

wcs~astropy.wcs.WCS

The WCS to use for convert

originint

Whether to return 0 or 1-based pixel coordinates.

mode‘all’ or ‘wcs’

Whether to do the transformation including distortions ('all') or only including only the core WCS transformation ('wcs').

Returns¶

coord~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord

A new object with sky coordinates corresponding to the input xp and yp.

See Also¶

to_pixel : to do the inverse operation astropy.wcs.utils.pixel_to_skycoord : the implementation of this method