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# FixedTarget

class `astroplan.``FixedTarget`(coord, name=None, **kwargs)

  Bases: `astroplan.Target`

  Coordinates and metadata for an object that is “fixed” with respect to the celestial sphere.

  Examples

  Create a `FixedTarget` object for Sirius:

      >>> from astroplan import FixedTarget
      >>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
      >>> import astropy.units as u
      >>> sirius_coord = SkyCoord(ra=101.28715533*u.deg, dec=16.71611586*u.deg)
      >>> sirius = FixedTarget(coord=sirius_coord, name="Sirius")

  Create an equivalent `FixedTarget` object for Sirius by querying for the coordinates of Sirius by name:

      >>> from astroplan import FixedTarget
      >>> sirius = FixedTarget.from_name("Sirius")

  Parameters
    coord `SkyCoord`

      Coordinate of the target

    name str (optional)

      Name of the target, used for plotting and representing the target as a string

  Methods Summary

  `from_name`(query_name[, name]) | Initialize a `FixedTarget` by querying for a name from the CDS name resolver, using the machinery in `from_name`.

  Methods Documentation

  classmethod `from_name`(query_name, name=None, **kwargs)

    Initialize a `FixedTarget` by querying for a name from the CDS name resolver, using the machinery in `from_name`.

    This

    Parameters
      query_name str

        Name of the target used to query for coordinates.

      name string or `None`

        Name of the target to use within astroplan. If `None`, query_name is used as `name`.

    Examples

        >>> from astroplan import FixedTarget
        >>> sirius = FixedTarget.from_name("Sirius")
        >>> sirius.coord
        <SkyCoord (ICRS): (ra, dec) in deg
            ( 101.28715533, -16.71611586)>