Benchmark Calculations for Coordinates Transformations

Run some benchmarks similar to http://antares.in2p3.fr/internal/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=benchmarks_astro

CAVEAT:

IceCube and ANTARES/KM3NeT define “azimuth” differently:

true_azimuth = (90 - azimuth) % 360!

# Author: Moritz Lotze <mlotze@km3net.de>
# License: BSD-3

from collections import OrderedDict

import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

from km3astro.coord import local_event, local_frame, neutrino_to_source_direction
from km3astro.sources import SIRIUS, CANOPUS, ARCTURUS, ANTARES  # noqa


time = pd.to_datetime(
    [
        "2007-10-04 03:03:03.00",
        "2007-10-04 03:03:03.00",
        "2007-10-04 03:03:03.00",
        "2007-10-04 03:03:03.00",
        "2007-10-04 03:03:03.00",
    ]
)
theta_deg = np.array(
    [
        135.00,
        11.97,
        22.97,
        33.97,
        85.23,
    ]
)
phi_deg = np.array(
    [
        97.07,
        23.46,
        97.07,
        192.50,
        333.33,
    ]
)
theta = theta_deg * np.pi / 180
phi = phi_deg * np.pi / 180
azimuth, zenith = neutrino_to_source_direction(phi, theta)

evt = local_event(theta, phi, time, location="antares")
equat = evt.fk5
# dec = equat.dec.degree
# ra = equat.ra.degree
dec = equat.dec
ra = equat.ra
gal = evt.galactic
l = gal.l
b = gal.b

data = pd.DataFrame(
    OrderedDict(
        [
            ("time", time),
            ("theta [deg]", theta_deg),
            ("phi [deg]", phi_deg),
            ("theta", theta),
            ("phi", phi),
            ("zenith [deg]", zenith * 180 / np.pi),
            ("azimuth [deg]", azimuth * 180 / np.pi),
            ("zenith", zenith),
            ("azimuth", azimuth),
            ("declication", dec),
            ("right ascension", ra),
            ("gal_longitude", l),
            ("gal_latitude", b),
        ]
    )
)
print(data[:])

Out:

                 time  theta [deg]  ...  gal_longitude  gal_latitude
0 2007-10-04 03:03:03       135.00  ...     198.699744    -29.302666
1 2007-10-04 03:03:03        11.97  ...     342.250128     -5.601607
2 2007-10-04 03:03:03        22.97  ...     319.675397     -8.128101
3 2007-10-04 03:03:03        33.97  ...     317.713718     33.846205
4 2007-10-04 03:03:03        85.23  ...      61.085513    -18.955876

[5 rows x 13 columns]

look at some sources in horizontal coordinates

frame = local_frame(
    time=pd.to_datetime(
        [
            "2007-10-04 03:03:03.00",
        ]
    ),
    location="antares",
)
sirius_local = SIRIUS.transform_to(frame)
sirius_alt = sirius_local.alt.degree
sirius_az = sirius_local.az.degree
sirius_zen = 90 - sirius_alt
print()
print(sirius_az)
print(sirius_zen)

canopus_local = CANOPUS.transform_to(frame)
canopus_alt = canopus_local.alt.degree
canopus_az = canopus_local.az.degree
canopus_zen = 90 - canopus_alt
print()
print(canopus_az)
print(canopus_zen)

Out:

[141.72305615]
[68.55146457]

[161.18692368]
[99.31872121]