comcam_tessellate

rubin_sim.scheduler.utils.comcam_tessellate(side_length=0.7, overlap=0.11)

Tesselate the sphere with a square footprint

XXX–TODO: This really sucks at the poles, should add some different pole cap behavior.

Parameters:

side_lengthfloat (0.7)

The length of a side of the square (degrees)

overlapfloat (0.11)

How much overlap to have in pointings

Returns:

fieldsnumpy array

With ‘RA’ and ‘dec’ keys that have the field positions in radians