spacepy.plot.dual_half_circle¶
- 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:
- outtuple
Tuple of the two wedge objects
- Other Parameters:
- centerarray-like, 2 elements
Center in data coordinates of the circles, default (0,0)
- radiusfloat
Radius of the circles, defualt 1.0
- sun_directionstring 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.
- axmatplotlib.axes
Axis to plot the circles on.
- colorsarray-like, 2 elements
The two colors for the circle fill. The First number is the light and second is the dark.
- **kwargsother keywords
Other keywords to pass to matplotlib.patches.Wedge
Examples
>>> import spacepy.plot >>> spacepy.plot.dual_half_circle()