healpy.pixelfunc.max_pixrad

healpy.pixelfunc.max_pixrad(nside, degrees=False)

Maximum angular distance between any pixel center and its corners

Parameters:

nsideint

the nside to work with

degreesbool

if True, returns pixel radius in degrees, in radians otherwise

Returns:

rads: double

angular distance (in radians or degrees)

Examples

>>> '%.14f' % max_pixrad(1)
'0.84106867056793'
>>> '%.14f' % max_pixrad(16)
'0.06601476143251'