averageRaDecFromCat

lsst.validate.drp.util.averageRaDecFromCat(cat)

Calculate the average right ascension and declination from a catalog.

Convenience wrapper around averageRaDec

Parameters

catcollection

Object with .get method for ‘coord_ra’, ‘coord_dec’ that returns radians.

Returns

ra_meanfloat

Mean RA in radians.

dec_meanfloat

Mean Dec in radians.