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All-sky maps

  • All-sky frame with overlays
  • Second coordinate grid
  • Projection gallery
  • Image on the sky
  • Insets — a zoom and a circular cutout

Ticks & grids

  • Tick label styles & conventions
  • Offset coordinate ticks
  • Highlighted gridlines
  • Coordinate overlay grid

Fields & images

  • Tangent-plane field
  • FITS image display
  • Basic RGB composite
  • Advanced RGB composite
  • Colorbar styles
  • Contour overlays
  • Signed data & symmetric log
  • Data cube channel maps
  • Quicklook in one call

Catalogs & legends

  • Catalog scatter
  • Stars in perceived colors
  • Multi-channel legend
  • Channel-block catalog
  • Legend placement
  • Keying marker size
  • Standalone legend blocks

Regions & footprints

  • Compound region
  • Region membership
  • Masking data to a region
  • Region shapes
  • Survey footprints
  • Tissot indicatrices

HEALPix

  • Source-density map
  • Sparse HEALPix map
  • Smoothed HEALPix map
  • Layered HEALPix maps

Globes & planets

  • Celestial globe
  • Earth with surface features
  • Filled Earth features
  • Cartopy support
  • Textured planet
  • Nightshade
  • Nightshade on a globe
  • Globe geodesics
  • Baselines on a globe

Cone diagrams

  • Redshift cone
  • Bowtie diagram
  • Cone density

Vectors & motions

  • VSH shift vectors
  • Displacement arrows
  • Co-visibility regions

Annotations & decorations

  • Reticles & ruler
  • Constellation star chart
  • Beams & scale bars
  • BeamStack — combined-array beams
  • Beam from a PSF fit
  • Ruler styles
  • Compasses & compass roses

Markers

  • Image-stamp markers
  • Instrument markers
  • Instruments aimed at a source
  • Geodesic baseline map

Styling

  • Themes at a glance
API Reference
  • Feature Gallery

Feature Gallery#

A visual index of what skyplothelper draws. Click any figure for a page with the full example code. Figures follow the site’s light/dark mode by default — the plot-colors button in the top bar (next to the site theme toggle) overrides them independently, e.g. to preview publication-style light figures while reading in dark mode.

All-sky maps#

All-sky frame with overlays (light mode) All-sky frame with overlays (dark mode)

All-sky frame with overlays

All-sky frame with overlays
Second coordinate grid (light mode) Second coordinate grid (dark mode)

Second coordinate grid

Second coordinate grid
Projection gallery (light mode) Projection gallery (dark mode)

Projection gallery

Projection gallery
Image on the sky (light mode) Image on the sky (dark mode)

Image on the sky

Image on the sky
Insets — a zoom and a circular cutout (light mode) Insets — a zoom and a circular cutout (dark mode)

Insets — a zoom and a circular cutout

Insets — a zoom and a circular cutout

Ticks & grids#

Tick label styles & conventions (light mode) Tick label styles & conventions (dark mode)

Tick label styles & conventions

Tick label styles & conventions
Offset coordinate ticks (light mode) Offset coordinate ticks (dark mode)

Offset coordinate ticks

Offset coordinate ticks
Highlighted gridlines (light mode) Highlighted gridlines (dark mode)

Highlighted gridlines

Highlighted gridlines
Coordinate overlay grid (light mode) Coordinate overlay grid (dark mode)

Coordinate overlay grid

Coordinate overlay grid

Fields & images#

Tangent-plane field (light mode) Tangent-plane field (dark mode)

Tangent-plane field

Tangent-plane field
FITS image display (light mode) FITS image display (dark mode)

FITS image display

FITS image display
Basic RGB composite (light mode) Basic RGB composite (dark mode)

Basic RGB composite

Basic RGB composite
Advanced RGB composite (light mode) Advanced RGB composite (dark mode)

Advanced RGB composite

Advanced RGB composite
Colorbar styles (light mode) Colorbar styles (dark mode)

Colorbar styles

Colorbar styles
Contour overlays (light mode) Contour overlays (dark mode)

Contour overlays

Contour overlays
Signed data & symmetric log (light mode) Signed data & symmetric log (dark mode)

Signed data & symmetric log

Signed data & symmetric log
Data cube channel maps (light mode) Data cube channel maps (dark mode)

Data cube channel maps

Data cube channel maps
Quicklook in one call (light mode) Quicklook in one call (dark mode)

Quicklook in one call

Quicklook in one call

Catalogs & legends#

Catalog scatter (light mode) Catalog scatter (dark mode)

Catalog scatter

Catalog scatter
Stars in perceived colors (light mode) Stars in perceived colors (dark mode)

Stars in perceived colors

Stars in perceived colors
Multi-channel legend (light mode) Multi-channel legend (dark mode)

Multi-channel legend

Multi-channel legend
Channel-block catalog (light mode) Channel-block catalog (dark mode)

Channel-block catalog

Channel-block catalog
Legend placement (light mode) Legend placement (dark mode)

Legend placement

Legend placement
Keying marker size (light mode) Keying marker size (dark mode)

Keying marker size

Keying marker size
Standalone legend blocks (light mode) Standalone legend blocks (dark mode)

Standalone legend blocks

Standalone legend blocks

Regions & footprints#

Compound region (light mode) Compound region (dark mode)

Compound region

Compound region
Region membership (light mode) Region membership (dark mode)

Region membership

Region membership
Masking data to a region (light mode) Masking data to a region (dark mode)

Masking data to a region

Masking data to a region
Region shapes (light mode) Region shapes (dark mode)

Region shapes

Region shapes
Survey footprints (light mode) Survey footprints (dark mode)

Survey footprints

Survey footprints
Tissot indicatrices (light mode) Tissot indicatrices (dark mode)

Tissot indicatrices

Tissot indicatrices

HEALPix#

Source-density map (light mode) Source-density map (dark mode)

Source-density map

Source-density map
Sparse HEALPix map (light mode) Sparse HEALPix map (dark mode)

Sparse HEALPix map

Sparse HEALPix map
Smoothed HEALPix map (light mode) Smoothed HEALPix map (dark mode)

Smoothed HEALPix map

Smoothed HEALPix map
Layered HEALPix maps (light mode) Layered HEALPix maps (dark mode)

Layered HEALPix maps

Layered HEALPix maps

Globes & planets#

Celestial globe (light mode) Celestial globe (dark mode)

Celestial globe

Celestial globe
Earth with surface features (light mode) Earth with surface features (dark mode)

Earth with surface features

Earth with surface features
Filled Earth features (light mode) Filled Earth features (dark mode)

Filled Earth features

Filled Earth features
Cartopy support (light mode) Cartopy support (dark mode)

Cartopy support

Cartopy support
Textured planet (light mode) Textured planet (dark mode)

Textured planet

Textured planet
Nightshade (light mode) Nightshade (dark mode)

Nightshade

Nightshade
Nightshade on a globe (light mode) Nightshade on a globe (dark mode)

Nightshade on a globe

Nightshade on a globe
Globe geodesics (light mode) Globe geodesics (dark mode)

Globe geodesics

Globe geodesics
Baselines on a globe (light mode) Baselines on a globe (dark mode)

Baselines on a globe

Baselines on a globe

Cone diagrams#

Redshift cone (light mode) Redshift cone (dark mode)

Redshift cone

Redshift cone
Bowtie diagram (light mode) Bowtie diagram (dark mode)

Bowtie diagram

Bowtie diagram
Cone density (light mode) Cone density (dark mode)

Cone density

Cone density

Vectors & motions#

VSH shift vectors (light mode) VSH shift vectors (dark mode)

VSH shift vectors

VSH shift vectors
Displacement arrows (light mode) Displacement arrows (dark mode)

Displacement arrows

Displacement arrows
Co-visibility regions (light mode) Co-visibility regions (dark mode)

Co-visibility regions

Co-visibility regions

Annotations & decorations#

Reticles & ruler (light mode) Reticles & ruler (dark mode)

Reticles & ruler

Reticles & ruler
Constellation star chart (light mode) Constellation star chart (dark mode)

Constellation star chart

Constellation star chart
Beams & scale bars (light mode) Beams & scale bars (dark mode)

Beams & scale bars

Beams & scale bars
BeamStack — combined-array beams (light mode) BeamStack — combined-array beams (dark mode)

BeamStack — combined-array beams

BeamStack — combined-array beams
Beam from a PSF fit (light mode) Beam from a PSF fit (dark mode)

Beam from a PSF fit

Beam from a PSF fit
Ruler styles (light mode) Ruler styles (dark mode)

Ruler styles

Ruler styles
Compasses & compass roses (light mode) Compasses & compass roses (dark mode)

Compasses & compass roses

Compasses & compass roses

Markers#

Image-stamp markers (light mode) Image-stamp markers (dark mode)

Image-stamp markers

Image-stamp markers
Instrument markers (light mode) Instrument markers (dark mode)

Instrument markers

Instrument markers
Instruments aimed at a source (light mode) Instruments aimed at a source (dark mode)

Instruments aimed at a source

Instruments aimed at a source
Geodesic baseline map (light mode) Geodesic baseline map (dark mode)

Geodesic baseline map

Geodesic baseline map

Styling#

Themes at a glance (light mode) Themes at a glance (dark mode)

Themes at a glance

Themes at a glance

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  • Catalogs & legends
  • Regions & footprints
  • HEALPix
  • Globes & planets
  • Cone diagrams
  • Vectors & motions
  • Annotations & decorations
  • Markers
  • Styling
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