rgl.sphMW {sphereplot}

Plot Galactic plane + Galactic centre

Description

This function overplots the Galactic plane on the default Equatorial coordinates, and optionally will add the Galactic centre.

Usage

rgl.sphMW(radius = 1, col = "purple", type = "s", MWcenrad = 0.02, addMWplane = TRUE)

Arguments

radius

The radius at which to draw the Galactic plane and Galactic centre.

col

The colour of the Galactic plane line and the Galactic centre.

type

Rgl plot type for the Galactic centre, default is to draw it as a 3D sphere, i.e. type 's'.

MWcenrad

The radius of the Galactic centre if plotted as a sphere.

addMWplane

Should the Galactic plane be drawn.

Value

No value, used for plotting side effect.

Author(s)

Aaron Robotham

See Also

rgl.sphgrid,rgl.sphcirc,rgl.sphpoints,rgl.sphtext,rgl.sphsun,pointsphere,sph2car,car2sph

Examples

rgl.sphgrid()
rgl.sphMW()