# GalacticLSR¶

class astropy.coordinates.GalacticLSR(*args, copy=True, representation_type=None, differential_type=None, **kwargs)[source] [edit on github]

A coordinate or frame in the Local Standard of Rest (LSR), axis-aligned to the Galactic frame.

This coordinate frame is axis-aligned and co-spatial with ICRS, but has a velocity offset relative to the solar system barycenter to remove the peculiar motion of the sun relative to the LSR. Roughly, the LSR is the mean velocity of the stars in the solar neighborhood, but the precise definition of which depends on the study. As defined in Schönrich et al. (2010): “The LSR is the rest frame at the location of the Sun of a star that would be on a circular orbit in the gravitational potential one would obtain by azimuthally averaging away non-axisymmetric features in the actual Galactic potential.” No such orbit truly exists, but it is still a commonly used velocity frame.

We use default values from Schönrich et al. (2010) for the barycentric velocity relative to the LSR, which is defined in Galactic (right-handed) cartesian velocity components $$(U, V, W) = (11.1, 12.24, 7.25)~{{\rm km}}~{{\rm s}}^{{-1}}$$. These values are customizable via the v_bary argument which specifies the velocity of the solar system barycenter with respect to the LSR.

The frame attributes are listed under Other Parameters.

Parameters: Other Parameters: data : BaseRepresentation subclass instance A representation object or None to have no data (or use the coordinate component arguments, see below). l : Angle, optional, must be keyword The Galactic longitude for this object (b must also be given and representation must be None). b : Angle, optional, must be keyword The Galactic latitude for this object (l must also be given and representation must be None). distance : Quantity, optional, must be keyword The Distance for this object along the line-of-sight. (representation must be None). pm_l_cosb : Quantity, optional, must be keyword The proper motion in Galactic longitude (including the cos(b) term) for this object (pm_b must also be given). pm_b : Quantity, optional, must be keyword The proper motion in Galactic latitude for this object (pm_l_cosb must also be given). radial_velocity : Quantity, optional, must be keyword The radial velocity of this object. representation_type : BaseRepresentation subclass, str, optional A representation class or string name of a representation class. This sets the expected input representation class, thereby changing the expected keyword arguments for the data passed in. For example, passing representation_type='cartesian' will make the classes expect position data with cartesian names, i.e. x, y, z in most cases. differential_type : BaseDifferential subclass, str, dict, optional A differential class or dictionary of differential classes (currently only a velocity differential with key ‘s’ is supported). This sets the expected input differential class, thereby changing the expected keyword arguments of the data passed in. For example, passing differential_type='cartesian' will make the classes expect velocity data with the argument names v_x, v_y, v_z. copy : bool, optional If True (default), make copies of the input coordinate arrays. Can only be passed in as a keyword argument. v_bary : CartesianDifferential The velocity of the solar system barycenter with respect to the LSR, in Galactic cartesian velocity components.

Attributes Summary

Attributes Documentation

default_differential
default_representation
frame_attributes = {'v_bary': <astropy.coordinates.attributes.DifferentialAttribute object at 0x7f7ffef2f6d8>}
frame_specific_representation_info
name = 'galacticlsr'
v_bary = <CartesianDifferential (d_x, d_y, d_z) in km / s (11.1, 12.24, 7.25)>