healpix

m4opt.skygrid.healpix(area)

Generate a grid in HEALPix coordinates.

Parameters:

area (Annotated[Quantity, PhysicalType('solid angle')]) – The average area per tile in any Astropy solid angle units: for example, 10 * astropy.units.deg**2 or 0.1 * astropy.units.steradian.

Returns:

The coordinates of the tiles.