healpy.pixelfunc.max_pixrad

healpy.pixelfunc.max_pixrad(nside)

Maximum angular distance between any pixel center and its corners

Parameters :

nside : int

the nside to work with

Returns :

rads: double :

angular distance (in radians)

Examples

>>> '%.15f' % max_pixrad(1)
'0.841068670567930'
>>> '%.15f' % max_pixrad(16)
'0.066014761432513'