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      • make_greatcircle_cls
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  • Coordinate Systems (gala.coordinates)
  • Great circle and stellar stream coordinate frames
  • make_greatcircle_cls

make_greatcircle_cls#

gala.coordinates.greatcircle.make_greatcircle_cls(cls_name, docstring_header=None, **kwargs)[source]#

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