histastro.plot module

Plot-related functions for HistAstro.

histastro.plot.mag2size(Mlim, mag, scale=1)[source]

Convert magnitudes (mag) to disc area (‘size’) for plotting with pyplot.scatter(), given a magnitude limit Mlim.

Parameters:

  • Mlim (float) – Magnitude limit.

  • mag (float) – Magnitude (Numpy array).

  • scale (float) – Scale factor (default value = 1).

Returns:

Area sizes for the stellar discs (Numpy array)

Return type:

float