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hyperion.sources.PointSource

class hyperion.sources.PointSource(name=None, peeloff=True, **kwargs)

A point source.

Parameters :

name : str, optional

The name of the source

peeloff : bool, optional

Whether to peel-off photons from this source

Notes

Any additional arguments are are used to initialize attributes.

Attributes

luminosity The bolometric luminosity of the source (ergs/s)
temperature The temperature of the source (K)
spectrum The spectrum of the source, specified either as an astropy.table.Table
position The cartesian position of the source (x, y, z) as a sequence of three floating-point values (cm)