maxima.locate_maxima

locate_maxima(maxima, nside, lonlat=True)[source]

Find the location of the input maxima.

Parameters

  • maxima (pd.DataFrame) – Pandas DataFrame with the information of the maxima. Has to contain at least the column ‘Pixel number’.

  • nside (int) – An integer corresponding to the nside of the map where the maxima where detected. It needs to be a power of 2.

  • lonlat (bool, optional) – If True, the functions returns the longitude and latitude, in degrees. If False, the function returns colatitude and longitude, in radians.

Returns

The same Pandas DataFrame as the input maxima, with two new columns denoting the position of each maxima on the sky.

Return type

pd.DataFrame