galpy.util.bovy_coords.lb_to_radec

galpy.util.bovy_coords.lb_to_radec(l, b, degree=False, epoch=2000.0)

NAME:

lb_to_radec

PURPOSE:

transform from Galactic coordinates to equatorial coordinates

INPUT:

l - Galactic longitude

b - Galactic lattitude

degree - (Bool) if True, l and b are given in degree and ra and dec will be as well

epoch - epoch of target ra,dec (right now only 2000.0 and 1950.0 are supported)

OUTPUT:

ra,dec

For vector inputs [:,2]

HISTORY:

2010-04-07 - Written - Bovy (NYU)