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# Source code for astropy.coordinates.sky_coordinate

    import copy
    import operator
    import re
    import warnings

    import erfa
    import numpy as np

    from astropy import units as u
    from astropy.constants import c as speed_of_light
    from astropy.table import QTable
    from astropy.time import Time
    from astropy.utils import ShapedLikeNDArray
    from astropy.utils.data_info import MixinInfo
    from astropy.utils.exceptions import AstropyUserWarning

    from .angles import Angle
    from .baseframe import BaseCoordinateFrame, GenericFrame, frame_transform_graph
    from .distances import Distance
    from .representation import (
        RadialDifferential,
        SphericalDifferential,
        SphericalRepresentation,
        UnitSphericalCosLatDifferential,
        UnitSphericalDifferential,
        UnitSphericalRepresentation,
    )
    from .sky_coordinate_parsers import (
        _get_frame_class,
        _get_frame_without_data,
        _parse_coordinate_data,
    )

    __all__ = ["SkyCoord", "SkyCoordInfo"]

    class SkyCoordInfo(MixinInfo):
        """
        Container for meta information like name, description, format.  This is
        required when the object is used as a mixin column within a table, but can
        be used as a general way to store meta information.
        """

        attrs_from_parent = {"unit"}  # Unit is read-only
        _supports_indexing = False

        @staticmethod
        def default_format(val):
            repr_data = val.info._repr_data
            formats = ["{0." + compname + ".value:}" for compname in repr_data.components]
            return ",".join(formats).format(repr_data)

        @property
        def unit(self):
            repr_data = self._repr_data
            unit = ",".join(
                str(getattr(repr_data, comp).unit) or "None"
                for comp in repr_data.components
            )
            return unit

        @property
        def _repr_data(self):
            if self._parent is None:
                return None

            sc = self._parent
            if issubclass(sc.representation_type, SphericalRepresentation) and isinstance(
                sc.data, UnitSphericalRepresentation
            ):
                repr_data = sc.represent_as(sc.data.__class__, in_frame_units=True)
            else:
                repr_data = sc.represent_as(sc.representation_type, in_frame_units=True)
            return repr_data

        def _represent_as_dict(self):
            sc = self._parent
            attrs = list(sc.representation_component_names)

            # Don't output distance unless it's actually distance.
            if isinstance(sc.data, UnitSphericalRepresentation):
                attrs = attrs[:-1]

            diff = sc.data.differentials.get("s")
            if diff is not None:
                diff_attrs = list(sc.get_representation_component_names("s"))
                # Don't output proper motions if they haven't been specified.
                if isinstance(diff, RadialDifferential):
                    diff_attrs = diff_attrs[2:]
                # Don't output radial velocity unless it's actually velocity.
                elif isinstance(
                    diff, (UnitSphericalDifferential, UnitSphericalCosLatDifferential)
                ):
                    diff_attrs = diff_attrs[:-1]
                attrs.extend(diff_attrs)

            attrs.extend(frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes.keys())

            out = super()._represent_as_dict(attrs)

            out["representation_type"] = sc.representation_type.get_name()
            out["frame"] = sc.frame.name
            # Note that sc.info.unit is a fake composite unit (e.g. 'deg,deg,None'
            # or None,None,m) and is not stored.  The individual attributes have
            # units.

            return out

        def new_like(self, skycoords, length, metadata_conflicts="warn", name=None):
            """
            Return a new SkyCoord instance which is consistent with the input
            SkyCoord objects ``skycoords`` and has ``length`` rows.  Being
            "consistent" is defined as being able to set an item from one to each of
            the rest without any exception being raised.

            This is intended for creating a new SkyCoord instance whose elements can
            be set in-place for table operations like join or vstack.  This is used
            when a SkyCoord object is used as a mixin column in an astropy Table.

            The data values are not predictable and it is expected that the consumer
            of the object will fill in all values.

            Parameters
            ----------
            skycoords : list
                List of input SkyCoord objects
            length : int
                Length of the output skycoord object
            metadata_conflicts : str ('warn'|'error'|'silent')
                How to handle metadata conflicts
            name : str
                Output name (sets output skycoord.info.name)

            Returns
            -------
            skycoord : |SkyCoord| (or subclass)
                Instance of this class consistent with ``skycoords``

            """
            # Get merged info attributes like shape, dtype, format, description, etc.
            attrs = self.merge_cols_attributes(
                skycoords, metadata_conflicts, name, ("meta", "description")
            )
            skycoord0 = skycoords[0]

            # Make a new SkyCoord object with the desired length and attributes
            # by using the _apply / __getitem__ machinery to effectively return
            # skycoord0[[0, 0, ..., 0, 0]]. This will have the all the right frame
            # attributes with the right shape.
            indexes = np.zeros(length, dtype=np.int64)
            out = skycoord0[indexes]

            # Use __setitem__ machinery to check for consistency of all skycoords
            for skycoord in skycoords[1:]:
                try:
                    out[0] = skycoord[0]
                except Exception as err:
                    raise ValueError("Input skycoords are inconsistent.") from err

            # Set (merged) info attributes
            for attr in ("name", "meta", "description"):
                if attr in attrs:
                    setattr(out.info, attr, attrs[attr])

            return out

    class SkyCoord(ShapedLikeNDArray):
        """High-level object providing a flexible interface for celestial coordinate
        representation, manipulation, and transformation between systems.

        The |SkyCoord| class accepts a wide variety of inputs for initialization. At
        a minimum these must provide one or more celestial coordinate values with
        unambiguous units.  Inputs may be scalars or lists/tuples/arrays, yielding
        scalar or array coordinates (can be checked via ``SkyCoord.isscalar``).
        Typically one also specifies the coordinate frame, though this is not
        required. The general pattern for spherical representations is::

          SkyCoord(COORD, [FRAME], keyword_args ...)
          SkyCoord(LON, LAT, [FRAME], keyword_args ...)
          SkyCoord(LON, LAT, [DISTANCE], frame=FRAME, unit=UNIT, keyword_args ...)
          SkyCoord([FRAME], <lon_attr>=LON, <lat_attr>=LAT, keyword_args ...)

        It is also possible to input coordinate values in other representations
        such as cartesian or cylindrical.  In this case one includes the keyword
        argument ``representation_type='cartesian'`` (for example) along with data
        in ``x``, ``y``, and ``z``.

        See also: https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/coordinates/

        Examples
        --------
        The examples below illustrate common ways of initializing a |SkyCoord|
        object.  For a complete description of the allowed syntax see the
        full coordinates documentation.  First some imports::

          >>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord  # High-level coordinates
          >>> from astropy.coordinates import ICRS, Galactic, FK4, FK5  # Low-level frames
          >>> from astropy.coordinates import Angle, Latitude, Longitude  # Angles
          >>> import astropy.units as u

        The coordinate values and frame specification can now be provided using
        positional and keyword arguments::

          >>> c = SkyCoord(10, 20, unit="deg")  # defaults to ICRS frame
          >>> c = SkyCoord([1, 2, 3], [-30, 45, 8], frame="icrs", unit="deg")  # 3 coords

          >>> coords = ["1:12:43.2 +31:12:43", "1 12 43.2 +31 12 43"]
          >>> c = SkyCoord(coords, frame=FK4, unit=(u.hourangle, u.deg), obstime="J1992.21")

          >>> c = SkyCoord("1h12m43.2s +1d12m43s", frame=Galactic)  # Units from string
          >>> c = SkyCoord(frame="galactic", l="1h12m43.2s", b="+1d12m43s")

          >>> ra = Longitude([1, 2, 3], unit=u.deg)  # Could also use Angle
          >>> dec = np.array([4.5, 5.2, 6.3]) * u.deg  # Astropy Quantity
          >>> c = SkyCoord(ra, dec, frame='icrs')
          >>> c = SkyCoord(frame=ICRS, ra=ra, dec=dec, obstime='2001-01-02T12:34:56')

          >>> c = FK4(1 * u.deg, 2 * u.deg)  # Uses defaults for obstime, equinox
          >>> c = SkyCoord(c, obstime='J2010.11', equinox='B1965')  # Override defaults

          >>> c = SkyCoord(w=0, u=1, v=2, unit='kpc', frame='galactic',
          ...              representation_type='cartesian')

          >>> c = SkyCoord([ICRS(ra=1*u.deg, dec=2*u.deg), ICRS(ra=3*u.deg, dec=4*u.deg)])

        Velocity components (proper motions or radial velocities) can also be
        provided in a similar manner::

          >>> c = SkyCoord(ra=1*u.deg, dec=2*u.deg, radial_velocity=10*u.km/u.s)

          >>> c = SkyCoord(ra=1*u.deg, dec=2*u.deg, pm_ra_cosdec=2*u.mas/u.yr, pm_dec=1*u.mas/u.yr)

        As shown, the frame can be a `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
        class or the corresponding string alias -- lower-case versions of the
        class name that allow for creating a |SkyCoord| object and transforming
        frames without explicitly importing the frame classes.

        Parameters
        ----------
        frame : `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame` class or string, optional
            Type of coordinate frame this |SkyCoord| should represent. Defaults to
            to ICRS if not given or given as None.
        unit : `~astropy.units.Unit`, string, or tuple of :class:`~astropy.units.Unit` or str, optional
            Units for supplied coordinate values.
            If only one unit is supplied then it applies to all values.
            Note that passing only one unit might lead to unit conversion errors
            if the coordinate values are expected to have mixed physical meanings
            (e.g., angles and distances).
        obstime : time-like, optional
            Time(s) of observation.
        equinox : time-like, optional
            Coordinate frame equinox time.
        representation_type : str or Representation class
            Specifies the representation, e.g. 'spherical', 'cartesian', or
            'cylindrical'.  This affects the positional args and other keyword args
            which must correspond to the given representation.
        copy : bool, optional
            If `True` (default), a copy of any coordinate data is made.  This
            argument can only be passed in as a keyword argument.
        **keyword_args
            Other keyword arguments as applicable for user-defined coordinate frames.
            Common options include:

            ra, dec : angle-like, optional
                RA and Dec for frames where ``ra`` and ``dec`` are keys in the
                frame's ``representation_component_names``, including ``ICRS``,
                ``FK5``, ``FK4``, and ``FK4NoETerms``.
            pm_ra_cosdec, pm_dec  : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['angular speed'], optional
                Proper motion components, in angle per time units.
            l, b : angle-like, optional
                Galactic ``l`` and ``b`` for for frames where ``l`` and ``b`` are
                keys in the frame's ``representation_component_names``, including
                the ``Galactic`` frame.
            pm_l_cosb, pm_b : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['angular speed'], optional
                Proper motion components in the `~astropy.coordinates.Galactic` frame,
                in angle per time units.
            x, y, z : float or `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length'], optional
                Cartesian coordinates values
            u, v, w : float or `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length'], optional
                Cartesian coordinates values for the Galactic frame.
            radial_velocity : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['speed'], optional
                The component of the velocity along the line-of-sight (i.e., the
                radial direction), in velocity units.
        """

        # Declare that SkyCoord can be used as a Table column by defining the
        # info property.
        info = SkyCoordInfo()

        def __init__(self, *args, copy=True, **kwargs):
            # these are frame attributes set on this SkyCoord but *not* a part of
            # the frame object this SkyCoord contains
            self._extra_frameattr_names = set()

            # If all that is passed in is a frame instance that already has data,
            # we should bypass all of the parsing and logic below. This is here
            # to make this the fastest way to create a SkyCoord instance. Many of
            # the classmethods implemented for performance enhancements will use
            # this as the initialization path
            if (
                len(args) == 1
                and len(kwargs) == 0
                and isinstance(args[0], (BaseCoordinateFrame, SkyCoord))
            ):
                coords = args[0]
                if isinstance(coords, SkyCoord):
                    self._extra_frameattr_names = coords._extra_frameattr_names
                    self.info = coords.info

                    # Copy over any extra frame attributes
                    for attr_name in self._extra_frameattr_names:
                        # Setting it will also validate it.
                        setattr(self, attr_name, getattr(coords, attr_name))

                    coords = coords.frame

                if not coords.has_data:
                    raise ValueError(
                        "Cannot initialize from a coordinate frame "
                        "instance without coordinate data"
                    )

                if copy:
                    self._sky_coord_frame = coords.copy()
                else:
                    self._sky_coord_frame = coords

            else:
                # Get the frame instance without coordinate data but with all frame
                # attributes set - these could either have been passed in with the
                # frame as an instance, or passed in as kwargs here
                frame_cls, frame_kwargs = _get_frame_without_data(args, kwargs)

                # Parse the args and kwargs to assemble a sanitized and validated
                # kwargs dict for initializing attributes for this object and for
                # creating the internal self._sky_coord_frame object
                args = list(args)  # Make it mutable
                skycoord_kwargs, components, info = _parse_coordinate_data(
                    frame_cls(**frame_kwargs), args, kwargs
                )

                # In the above two parsing functions, these kwargs were identified
                # as valid frame attributes for *some* frame, but not the frame that
                # this SkyCoord will have. We keep these attributes as special
                # skycoord frame attributes:
                for attr in skycoord_kwargs:
                    # Setting it will also validate it.
                    setattr(self, attr, skycoord_kwargs[attr])

                if info is not None:
                    self.info = info

                # Finally make the internal coordinate object.
                frame_kwargs.update(components)
                self._sky_coord_frame = frame_cls(copy=copy, **frame_kwargs)

                if not self._sky_coord_frame.has_data:
                    raise ValueError("Cannot create a SkyCoord without data")

        @property
        def frame(self):
            return self._sky_coord_frame

        @property
        def representation_type(self):
            return self.frame.representation_type

        @representation_type.setter
        def representation_type(self, value):
            self.frame.representation_type = value

        # TODO: remove these in future
        @property
        def representation(self):
            return self.frame.representation

        @representation.setter
        def representation(self, value):
            self.frame.representation = value

        @property
        def shape(self):
            return self.frame.shape

        def __eq__(self, value):
            """Equality operator for SkyCoord

            This implements strict equality and requires that the frames are
            equivalent, extra frame attributes are equivalent, and that the
            representation data are exactly equal.
            """

            if isinstance(value, BaseCoordinateFrame):
                if value._data is None:
                    raise ValueError("Can only compare SkyCoord to Frame with data")

                return self.frame == value

            if not isinstance(value, SkyCoord):
                return NotImplemented

            # Make sure that any extra frame attribute names are equivalent.
            for attr in self._extra_frameattr_names | value._extra_frameattr_names:
                if not self.frame._frameattr_equiv(
                    getattr(self, attr), getattr(value, attr)
                ):
                    raise ValueError(
                        f"cannot compare: extra frame attribute '{attr}' is not equivalent"
                        " (perhaps compare the frames directly to avoid this exception)"
                    )

            return self._sky_coord_frame == value._sky_coord_frame

        def __ne__(self, value):
            return np.logical_not(self == value)

        def _apply(self, method, *args, **kwargs):
            """Create a new instance, applying a method to the underlying data.

            In typical usage, the method is any of the shape-changing methods for
            `~numpy.ndarray` (``reshape``, ``swapaxes``, etc.), as well as those
            picking particular elements (``__getitem__``, ``take``, etc.), which
            are all defined in `~astropy.utils.shapes.ShapedLikeNDArray`. It will be
            applied to the underlying arrays in the representation (e.g., ``x``,
            ``y``, and ``z`` for `~astropy.coordinates.CartesianRepresentation`),
            as well as to any frame attributes that have a shape, with the results
            used to create a new instance.

            Internally, it is also used to apply functions to the above parts
            (in particular, `~numpy.broadcast_to`).

            Parameters
            ----------
            method : str or callable
                If str, it is the name of a method that is applied to the internal
                ``components``. If callable, the function is applied.
            *args
                Any positional arguments for ``method``.
            **kwargs : dict
                Any keyword arguments for ``method``.
            """

            def apply_method(value):
                if isinstance(value, ShapedLikeNDArray):
                    return value._apply(method, *args, **kwargs)
                else:
                    if callable(method):
                        return method(value, *args, **kwargs)
                    else:
                        return getattr(value, method)(*args, **kwargs)

            # create a new but empty instance, and copy over stuff
            new = super().__new__(self.__class__)
            new._sky_coord_frame = self._sky_coord_frame._apply(method, *args, **kwargs)
            new._extra_frameattr_names = self._extra_frameattr_names.copy()
            for attr in self._extra_frameattr_names:
                value = getattr(self, attr)
                if getattr(value, "shape", ()):
                    value = apply_method(value)
                elif method == "copy" or method == "flatten":
                    # flatten should copy also for a single element array, but
                    # we cannot use it directly for array scalars, since it
                    # always returns a one-dimensional array. So, just copy.
                    value = copy.copy(value)
                setattr(new, "_" + attr, value)

            # Copy other 'info' attr only if it has actually been defined.
            # See PR #3898 for further explanation and justification, along
            # with Quantity.__array_finalize__
            if "info" in self.__dict__:
                new.info = self.info

            return new

        def __setitem__(self, item, value):
            """Implement self[item] = value for SkyCoord

            The right hand ``value`` must be strictly consistent with self:
            - Identical class
            - Equivalent frames
            - Identical representation_types
            - Identical representation differentials keys
            - Identical frame attributes
            - Identical "extra" frame attributes (e.g. obstime for an ICRS coord)

            With these caveats the setitem ends up as effectively a setitem on
            the representation data.

              self.frame.data[item] = value.frame.data
            """
            if self.__class__ is not value.__class__:
                raise TypeError(
                    "can only set from object of same class: "
                    f"{self.__class__.__name__} vs. {value.__class__.__name__}"
                )

            # Make sure that any extra frame attribute names are equivalent.
            for attr in self._extra_frameattr_names | value._extra_frameattr_names:
                if not self.frame._frameattr_equiv(
                    getattr(self, attr), getattr(value, attr)
                ):
                    raise ValueError(f"attribute {attr} is not equivalent")

            # Set the frame values.  This checks frame equivalence and also clears
            # the cache to ensure that the object is not in an inconsistent state.
            self._sky_coord_frame[item] = value._sky_coord_frame

        def insert(self, obj, values, axis=0):
            """
            Insert coordinate values before the given indices in the object and
            return a new Frame object.

            The values to be inserted must conform to the rules for in-place setting
            of |SkyCoord| objects.

            The API signature matches the ``np.insert`` API, but is more limited.
            The specification of insert index ``obj`` must be a single integer,
            and the ``axis`` must be ``0`` for simple insertion before the index.

            Parameters
            ----------
            obj : int
                Integer index before which ``values`` is inserted.
            values : array-like
                Value(s) to insert.  If the type of ``values`` is different
                from that of quantity, ``values`` is converted to the matching type.
            axis : int, optional
                Axis along which to insert ``values``.  Default is 0, which is the
                only allowed value and will insert a row.

            Returns
            -------
            out : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` instance
                New coordinate object with inserted value(s)

            """
            # Validate inputs: obj arg is integer, axis=0, self is not a scalar, and
            # input index is in bounds.
            try:
                idx0 = operator.index(obj)
            except TypeError:
                raise TypeError("obj arg must be an integer")

            if axis != 0:
                raise ValueError("axis must be 0")

            if not self.shape:
                raise TypeError(
                    f"cannot insert into scalar {self.__class__.__name__} object"
                )

            if abs(idx0) > len(self):
                raise IndexError(
                    f"index {idx0} is out of bounds for axis 0 with size {len(self)}"
                )

            # Turn negative index into positive
            if idx0 < 0:
                idx0 = len(self) + idx0

            n_values = len(values) if values.shape else 1

            # Finally make the new object with the correct length and set values for the
            # three sections, before insert, the insert, and after the insert.
            out = self.__class__.info.new_like(
                [self], len(self) + n_values, name=self.info.name
            )

            # Set the output values. This is where validation of `values` takes place to ensure
            # that it can indeed be inserted.
            out[:idx0] = self[:idx0]
            out[idx0 : idx0 + n_values] = values
            out[idx0 + n_values :] = self[idx0:]

            return out

        def is_transformable_to(self, new_frame):
            """
            Determines if this coordinate frame can be transformed to another
            given frame.

            Parameters
            ----------
            new_frame : frame class, frame object, or str
                The proposed frame to transform into.

            Returns
            -------
            transformable : bool or str
                `True` if this can be transformed to ``new_frame``, `False` if
                not, or the string 'same' if ``new_frame`` is the same system as
                this object but no transformation is defined.

            Notes
            -----
            A return value of 'same' means the transformation will work, but it will
            just give back a copy of this object.  The intended usage is::

                if coord.is_transformable_to(some_unknown_frame):
                    coord2 = coord.transform_to(some_unknown_frame)

            This will work even if ``some_unknown_frame``  turns out to be the same
            frame class as ``coord``.  This is intended for cases where the frame
            is the same regardless of the frame attributes (e.g. ICRS), but be
            aware that it *might* also indicate that someone forgot to define the
            transformation between two objects of the same frame class but with
            different attributes.
            """
            # TODO! like matplotlib, do string overrides for modified methods
            new_frame = (
                _get_frame_class(new_frame) if isinstance(new_frame, str) else new_frame
            )
            return self.frame.is_transformable_to(new_frame)

        def transform_to(self, frame, merge_attributes=True):
            """Transform this coordinate to a new frame.

            The precise frame transformed to depends on ``merge_attributes``.
            If `False`, the destination frame is used exactly as passed in.
            But this is often not quite what one wants.  E.g., suppose one wants to
            transform an ICRS coordinate that has an obstime attribute to FK4; in
            this case, one likely would want to use this information. Thus, the
            default for ``merge_attributes`` is `True`, in which the precedence is
            as follows: (1) explicitly set (i.e., non-default) values in the
            destination frame; (2) explicitly set values in the source; (3) default
            value in the destination frame.

            Note that in either case, any explicitly set attributes on the source
            |SkyCoord| that are not part of the destination frame's definition are
            kept (stored on the resulting |SkyCoord|), and thus one can round-trip
            (e.g., from FK4 to ICRS to FK4 without losing obstime).

            Parameters
            ----------
            frame : str, `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame` class or instance, or |SkyCoord| instance
                The frame to transform this coordinate into.  If a |SkyCoord|, the
                underlying frame is extracted, and all other information ignored.
            merge_attributes : bool, optional
                Whether the default attributes in the destination frame are allowed
                to be overridden by explicitly set attributes in the source
                (see note above; default: `True`).

            Returns
            -------
            coord : |SkyCoord|
                A new object with this coordinate represented in the `frame` frame.

            Raises
            ------
            ValueError
                If there is no possible transformation route.

            """
            from astropy.coordinates.errors import ConvertError

            frame_kwargs = {}

            # Frame name (string) or frame class?  Coerce into an instance.
            try:
                frame = _get_frame_class(frame)()
            except Exception:
                pass

            if isinstance(frame, SkyCoord):
                frame = frame.frame  # Change to underlying coord frame instance

            if isinstance(frame, BaseCoordinateFrame):
                new_frame_cls = frame.__class__
                # Get frame attributes, allowing defaults to be overridden by
                # explicitly set attributes of the source if ``merge_attributes``.
                for attr in frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes:
                    self_val = getattr(self, attr, None)
                    frame_val = getattr(frame, attr, None)
                    if frame_val is not None and not (
                        merge_attributes and frame.is_frame_attr_default(attr)
                    ):
                        frame_kwargs[attr] = frame_val
                    elif self_val is not None and not self.is_frame_attr_default(attr):
                        frame_kwargs[attr] = self_val
                    elif frame_val is not None:
                        frame_kwargs[attr] = frame_val
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Transform `frame` must be a frame name, class, or instance"
                )

            # Get the composite transform to the new frame
            trans = frame_transform_graph.get_transform(self.frame.__class__, new_frame_cls)
            if trans is None:
                raise ConvertError(
                    f"Cannot transform from {self.frame.__class__} to {new_frame_cls}"
                )

            # Make a generic frame which will accept all the frame kwargs that
            # are provided and allow for transforming through intermediate frames
            # which may require one or more of those kwargs.
            generic_frame = GenericFrame(frame_kwargs)

            # Do the transformation, returning a coordinate frame of the desired
            # final type (not generic).
            new_coord = trans(self.frame, generic_frame)

            # Finally make the new SkyCoord object from the `new_coord` and
            # remaining frame_kwargs that are not frame_attributes in `new_coord`.
            for attr in set(new_coord.frame_attributes) & set(frame_kwargs.keys()):
                frame_kwargs.pop(attr)

            # Always remove the origin frame attribute, as that attribute only makes
            # sense with a SkyOffsetFrame (in which case it will be stored on the frame).
            # See gh-11277.
            # TODO: Should it be a property of the frame attribute that it can
            # or cannot be stored on a SkyCoord?
            frame_kwargs.pop("origin", None)

            return self.__class__(new_coord, **frame_kwargs)

        def apply_space_motion(self, new_obstime=None, dt=None):
            """
            Compute the position of the source represented by this coordinate object
            to a new time using the velocities stored in this object and assuming
            linear space motion (including relativistic corrections). This is
            sometimes referred to as an "epoch transformation."

            The initial time before the evolution is taken from the ``obstime``
            attribute of this coordinate.  Note that this method currently does not
            support evolving coordinates where the *frame* has an ``obstime`` frame
            attribute, so the ``obstime`` is only used for storing the before and
            after times, not actually as an attribute of the frame. Alternatively,
            if ``dt`` is given, an ``obstime`` need not be provided at all.

            Parameters
            ----------
            new_obstime : `~astropy.time.Time`, optional
                The time at which to evolve the position to. Requires that the
                ``obstime`` attribute be present on this frame.
            dt : `~astropy.units.Quantity`, `~astropy.time.TimeDelta`, optional
                An amount of time to evolve the position of the source. Cannot be
                given at the same time as ``new_obstime``.

            Returns
            -------
            new_coord : |SkyCoord|
                A new coordinate object with the evolved location of this coordinate
                at the new time.  ``obstime`` will be set on this object to the new
                time only if ``self`` also has ``obstime``.
            """
            from .builtin_frames.icrs import ICRS

            if (new_obstime is None) == (dt is None):
                raise ValueError(
                    "You must specify one of `new_obstime` or `dt`, but not both."
                )

            # Validate that we have velocity info
            if "s" not in self.frame.data.differentials:
                raise ValueError("SkyCoord requires velocity data to evolve the position.")

            if "obstime" in self.frame.frame_attributes:
                raise NotImplementedError(
                    "Updating the coordinates in a frame with explicit time dependence is"
                    " currently not supported. If you would like this functionality, please"
                    " open an issue on github:\nhttps://github.com/astropy/astropy"
                )

            if new_obstime is not None and self.obstime is None:
                # If no obstime is already on this object, raise an error if a new
                # obstime is passed: we need to know the time / epoch at which the
                # the position / velocity were measured initially
                raise ValueError(
                    "This object has no associated `obstime`. apply_space_motion() must"
                    " receive a time difference, `dt`, and not a new obstime."
                )

            # Compute t1 and t2, the times used in the starpm call, which *only*
            # uses them to compute a delta-time
            t1 = self.obstime
            if dt is None:
                # self.obstime is not None and new_obstime is not None b/c of above
                # checks
                t2 = new_obstime
            else:
                # new_obstime is definitely None b/c of the above checks
                if t1 is None:
                    # MAGIC NUMBER: if the current SkyCoord object has no obstime,
                    # assume J2000 to do the dt offset. This is not actually used
                    # for anything except a delta-t in starpm, so it's OK that it's
                    # not necessarily the "real" obstime
                    t1 = Time("J2000")
                    new_obstime = None  # we don't actually know the initial obstime
                    t2 = t1 + dt
                else:
                    t2 = t1 + dt
                    new_obstime = t2
            # starpm wants tdb time
            t1 = t1.tdb
            t2 = t2.tdb

            # proper motion in RA should not include the cos(dec) term, see the
            # erfa function eraStarpv, comment (4).  So we convert to the regular
            # spherical differentials.
            icrsrep = self.icrs.represent_as(SphericalRepresentation, SphericalDifferential)
            icrsvel = icrsrep.differentials["s"]

            parallax_zero = False
            try:
                plx = icrsrep.distance.to_value(u.arcsecond, u.parallax())
            except u.UnitConversionError:  # No distance: set to 0 by convention
                plx = 0.0
                parallax_zero = True

            try:
                rv = icrsvel.d_distance.to_value(u.km / u.s)
            except u.UnitConversionError:  # No RV
                rv = 0.0

            starpm = erfa.pmsafe(
                icrsrep.lon.radian,
                icrsrep.lat.radian,
                icrsvel.d_lon.to_value(u.radian / u.yr),
                icrsvel.d_lat.to_value(u.radian / u.yr),
                plx,
                rv,
                t1.jd1,
                t1.jd2,
                t2.jd1,
                t2.jd2,
            )

            if parallax_zero:
                new_distance = None
            else:
                new_distance = Distance(parallax=starpm[4] << u.arcsec)

            icrs2 = ICRS(
                ra=u.Quantity(starpm[0], u.radian, copy=False),
                dec=u.Quantity(starpm[1], u.radian, copy=False),
                pm_ra=u.Quantity(starpm[2], u.radian / u.yr, copy=False),
                pm_dec=u.Quantity(starpm[3], u.radian / u.yr, copy=False),
                distance=new_distance,
                radial_velocity=u.Quantity(starpm[5], u.km / u.s, copy=False),
                differential_type=SphericalDifferential,
            )

            # Update the obstime of the returned SkyCoord, and need to carry along
            # the frame attributes
            frattrs = {
                attrnm: getattr(self, attrnm) for attrnm in self._extra_frameattr_names
            }
            frattrs["obstime"] = new_obstime
            result = self.__class__(icrs2, **frattrs).transform_to(self.frame)

            # Without this the output might not have the right differential type.
            # Not sure if this fixes the problem or just hides it.  See #11932
            result.differential_type = self.differential_type

            return result

        def _is_name(self, string):
            """
            Returns whether a string is one of the aliases for the frame.
            """
            return self.frame.name == string or (
                isinstance(self.frame.name, list) and string in self.frame.name
            )

        def __getattr__(self, attr):
            """
            Overrides getattr to return coordinates that this can be transformed
            to, based on the alias attr in the primary transform graph.
            """
            if "_sky_coord_frame" in self.__dict__:
                if self._is_name(attr):
                    return self  # Should this be a deepcopy of self?

                # Anything in the set of all possible frame_attr_names is handled
                # here. If the attr is relevant for the current frame then delegate
                # to self.frame otherwise get it from self._<attr>.
                if attr in frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes:
                    if attr in self.frame.frame_attributes:
                        return getattr(self.frame, attr)
                    else:
                        return getattr(self, "_" + attr, None)

                # Some attributes might not fall in the above category but still
                # are available through self._sky_coord_frame.
                if not attr.startswith("_") and hasattr(self._sky_coord_frame, attr):
                    return getattr(self._sky_coord_frame, attr)

                # Try to interpret as a new frame for transforming.
                frame_cls = frame_transform_graph.lookup_name(attr)
                if frame_cls is not None and self.frame.is_transformable_to(frame_cls):
                    return self.transform_to(attr)

            # Fail
            raise AttributeError(
                f"'{self.__class__.__name__}' object has no attribute '{attr}'"
            )

        def __setattr__(self, attr, val):
            # This is to make anything available through __getattr__ immutable
            if "_sky_coord_frame" in self.__dict__:
                if self._is_name(attr):
                    raise AttributeError(f"'{attr}' is immutable")

                if not attr.startswith("_") and hasattr(self._sky_coord_frame, attr):
                    setattr(self._sky_coord_frame, attr, val)
                    return

                frame_cls = frame_transform_graph.lookup_name(attr)
                if frame_cls is not None and self.frame.is_transformable_to(frame_cls):
                    raise AttributeError(f"'{attr}' is immutable")

            if attr in frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes:
                # All possible frame attributes can be set, but only via a private
                # variable.  See __getattr__ above.
                super().__setattr__("_" + attr, val)
                # Validate it
                frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes[attr].__get__(self)
                # And add to set of extra attributes
                self._extra_frameattr_names |= {attr}

            else:
                # Otherwise, do the standard Python attribute setting
                super().__setattr__(attr, val)

        def __delattr__(self, attr):
            # mirror __setattr__ above
            if "_sky_coord_frame" in self.__dict__:
                if self._is_name(attr):
                    raise AttributeError(f"'{attr}' is immutable")

                if not attr.startswith("_") and hasattr(self._sky_coord_frame, attr):
                    delattr(self._sky_coord_frame, attr)
                    return

                frame_cls = frame_transform_graph.lookup_name(attr)
                if frame_cls is not None and self.frame.is_transformable_to(frame_cls):
                    raise AttributeError(f"'{attr}' is immutable")

            if attr in frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes:
                # All possible frame attributes can be deleted, but need to remove
                # the corresponding private variable.  See __getattr__ above.
                super().__delattr__("_" + attr)
                # Also remove it from the set of extra attributes
                self._extra_frameattr_names -= {attr}

            else:
                # Otherwise, do the standard Python attribute setting
                super().__delattr__(attr)

        def __dir__(self):
            """
            Override the builtin `dir` behavior to include:
            - Transforms available by aliases
            - Attribute / methods of the underlying self.frame object
            """
            dir_values = set(super().__dir__())

            # determine the aliases that this can be transformed to.
            for name in frame_transform_graph.get_names():
                frame_cls = frame_transform_graph.lookup_name(name)
                if self.frame.is_transformable_to(frame_cls):
                    dir_values.add(name)

            # Add public attributes of self.frame
            dir_values.update(
                {attr for attr in dir(self.frame) if not attr.startswith("_")}
            )

            # Add all possible frame attributes
            dir_values.update(frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes.keys())

            return sorted(dir_values)

        def __repr__(self):
            clsnm = self.__class__.__name__
            coonm = self.frame.__class__.__name__
            frameattrs = self.frame._frame_attrs_repr()
            if frameattrs:
                frameattrs = ": " + frameattrs

            data = self.frame._data_repr()
            if data:
                data = ": " + data

            return f"<{clsnm} ({coonm}{frameattrs}){data}>"

        def to_string(self, style="decimal", **kwargs):
            """
            A string representation of the coordinates.

            The default styles definitions are::

              'decimal': 'lat': {'decimal': True, 'unit': "deg"}
                         'lon': {'decimal': True, 'unit': "deg"}
              'dms': 'lat': {'unit': "deg"}
                     'lon': {'unit': "deg"}
              'hmsdms': 'lat': {'alwayssign': True, 'pad': True, 'unit': "deg"}
                        'lon': {'pad': True, 'unit': "hour"}

            See :meth:`~astropy.coordinates.Angle.to_string` for details and
            keyword arguments (the two angles forming the coordinates are are
            both :class:`~astropy.coordinates.Angle` instances). Keyword
            arguments have precedence over the style defaults and are passed
            to :meth:`~astropy.coordinates.Angle.to_string`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            style : {'hmsdms', 'dms', 'decimal'}
                The formatting specification to use. These encode the three most
                common ways to represent coordinates. The default is `decimal`.
            **kwargs
                Keyword args passed to :meth:`~astropy.coordinates.Angle.to_string`.
            """

            sph_coord = self.frame.represent_as(SphericalRepresentation)

            styles = {
                "hmsdms": {
                    "lonargs": {"unit": u.hour, "pad": True},
                    "latargs": {"unit": u.degree, "pad": True, "alwayssign": True},
                },
                "dms": {"lonargs": {"unit": u.degree}, "latargs": {"unit": u.degree}},
                "decimal": {
                    "lonargs": {"unit": u.degree, "decimal": True},
                    "latargs": {"unit": u.degree, "decimal": True},
                },
            }

            lonargs = {}
            latargs = {}

            if style in styles:
                lonargs.update(styles[style]["lonargs"])
                latargs.update(styles[style]["latargs"])
            else:
                raise ValueError(f"Invalid style.  Valid options are: {','.join(styles)}")

            lonargs.update(kwargs)
            latargs.update(kwargs)

            if np.isscalar(sph_coord.lon.value):
                coord_string = (
                    f"{sph_coord.lon.to_string(**lonargs)}"
                    f" {sph_coord.lat.to_string(**latargs)}"
                )
            else:
                coord_string = []
                for lonangle, latangle in zip(sph_coord.lon.ravel(), sph_coord.lat.ravel()):
                    coord_string += [
                        f"{lonangle.to_string(**lonargs)} {latangle.to_string(**latargs)}"
                    ]
                if len(sph_coord.shape) > 1:
                    coord_string = np.array(coord_string).reshape(sph_coord.shape)

            return coord_string

        def to_table(self):
            """
            Convert this |SkyCoord| to a |QTable|.

            Any attributes that have the same length as the |SkyCoord| will be
            converted to columns of the |QTable|. All other attributes will be
            recorded as metadata.

            Returns
            -------
            `~astropy.table.QTable`
                A |QTable| containing the data of this |SkyCoord|.

            Examples
            --------
            >>> sc = SkyCoord(ra=[40, 70]*u.deg, dec=[0, -20]*u.deg,
            ...               obstime=Time([2000, 2010], format='jyear'))
            >>> t =  sc.to_table()
            >>> t
            <QTable length=2>
               ra     dec   obstime
              deg     deg
            float64 float64   Time
            ------- ------- -------
               40.0     0.0  2000.0
               70.0   -20.0  2010.0
            >>> t.meta
            {'representation_type': 'spherical', 'frame': 'icrs'}
            """
            self_as_dict = self.info._represent_as_dict()
            tabledata = {}
            metadata = {}
            # Record attributes that have the same length as self as columns in the
            # table, and the other attributes as table metadata.  This matches
            # table.serialize._represent_mixin_as_column().
            for key, value in self_as_dict.items():
                if getattr(value, "shape", ())[:1] == (len(self),):
                    tabledata[key] = value
                else:
                    metadata[key] = value
            return QTable(tabledata, meta=metadata)

        def is_equivalent_frame(self, other):
            """
            Checks if this object's frame as the same as that of the ``other``
            object.

            To be the same frame, two objects must be the same frame class and have
            the same frame attributes. For two |SkyCoord| objects, *all* of the
            frame attributes have to match, not just those relevant for the object's
            frame.

            Parameters
            ----------
            other : SkyCoord or BaseCoordinateFrame
                The other object to check.

            Returns
            -------
            isequiv : bool
                True if the frames are the same, False if not.

            Raises
            ------
            TypeError
                If ``other`` isn't a |SkyCoord| or a subclass of
                `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`.
            """
            if isinstance(other, BaseCoordinateFrame):
                return self.frame.is_equivalent_frame(other)
            elif isinstance(other, SkyCoord):
                if other.frame.name != self.frame.name:
                    return False

                for fattrnm in frame_transform_graph.frame_attributes:
                    if not BaseCoordinateFrame._frameattr_equiv(
                        getattr(self, fattrnm), getattr(other, fattrnm)
                    ):
                        return False
                return True
            else:
                # not a BaseCoordinateFrame nor a SkyCoord object
                raise TypeError(
                    "Tried to do is_equivalent_frame on something that isn't frame-like"
                )

        # High-level convenience methods
        def separation(self, other):
            """
            Computes on-sky separation between this coordinate and another.

            .. note::

                If the ``other`` coordinate object is in a different frame, it is
                first transformed to the frame of this object. This can lead to
                unintuitive behavior if not accounted for. Particularly of note is
                that ``self.separation(other)`` and ``other.separation(self)`` may
                not give the same answer in this case.

            For more on how to use this (and related) functionality, see the
            examples in :doc:`astropy:/coordinates/matchsep`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            other : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` or `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
                The coordinate to get the separation to.

            Returns
            -------
            sep : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The on-sky separation between this and the ``other`` coordinate.

            Notes
            -----
            The separation is calculated using the Vincenty formula, which
            is stable at all locations, including poles and antipodes [1]_.

            .. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance

            """
            from . import Angle
            from .angle_utilities import angular_separation

            if not self.is_equivalent_frame(other):
                try:
                    kwargs = (
                        {"merge_attributes": False} if isinstance(other, SkyCoord) else {}
                    )
                    other = other.transform_to(self, **kwargs)
                except TypeError:
                    raise TypeError(
                        "Can only get separation to another SkyCoord "
                        "or a coordinate frame with data"
                    )

            lon1 = self.spherical.lon
            lat1 = self.spherical.lat
            lon2 = other.spherical.lon
            lat2 = other.spherical.lat

            # Get the separation as a Quantity, convert to Angle in degrees
            sep = angular_separation(lon1, lat1, lon2, lat2)
            return Angle(sep, unit=u.degree)

        def separation_3d(self, other):
            """
            Computes three dimensional separation between this coordinate
            and another.

            For more on how to use this (and related) functionality, see the
            examples in :doc:`astropy:/coordinates/matchsep`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            other : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` or `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
                The coordinate to get the separation to.

            Returns
            -------
            sep : `~astropy.coordinates.Distance`
                The real-space distance between these two coordinates.

            Raises
            ------
            ValueError
                If this or the other coordinate do not have distances.
            """
            if not self.is_equivalent_frame(other):
                try:
                    kwargs = (
                        {"merge_attributes": False} if isinstance(other, SkyCoord) else {}
                    )
                    other = other.transform_to(self, **kwargs)
                except TypeError:
                    raise TypeError(
                        "Can only get separation to another SkyCoord "
                        "or a coordinate frame with data"
                    )

            if issubclass(self.data.__class__, UnitSphericalRepresentation):
                raise ValueError(
                    "This object does not have a distance; cannot compute 3d separation."
                )
            if issubclass(other.data.__class__, UnitSphericalRepresentation):
                raise ValueError(
                    "The other object does not have a distance; "
                    "cannot compute 3d separation."
                )

            c1 = self.cartesian.without_differentials()
            c2 = other.cartesian.without_differentials()
            return Distance((c1 - c2).norm())

        def spherical_offsets_to(self, tocoord):
            r"""
            Computes angular offsets to go *from* this coordinate *to* another.

            Parameters
            ----------
            tocoord : `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
                The coordinate to find the offset to.

            Returns
            -------
            lon_offset : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The angular offset in the longitude direction. The definition of
                "longitude" depends on this coordinate's frame (e.g., RA for
                equatorial coordinates).
            lat_offset : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The angular offset in the latitude direction. The definition of
                "latitude" depends on this coordinate's frame (e.g., Dec for
                equatorial coordinates).

            Raises
            ------
            ValueError
                If the ``tocoord`` is not in the same frame as this one. This is
                different from the behavior of the `separation`/`separation_3d`
                methods because the offset components depend critically on the
                specific choice of frame.

            Notes
            -----
            This uses the sky offset frame machinery, and hence will produce a new
            sky offset frame if one does not already exist for this object's frame
            class.

            See Also
            --------
            separation :
                for the *total* angular offset (not broken out into components).
            position_angle :
                for the direction of the offset.

            """
            if not self.is_equivalent_frame(tocoord):
                raise ValueError(
                    "Tried to use spherical_offsets_to with two non-matching frames!"
                )

            aframe = self.skyoffset_frame()
            acoord = tocoord.transform_to(aframe)

            dlon = acoord.spherical.lon.view(Angle)
            dlat = acoord.spherical.lat.view(Angle)
            return dlon, dlat

        def spherical_offsets_by(self, d_lon, d_lat):
            """
            Computes the coordinate that is a specified pair of angular offsets away
            from this coordinate.

            Parameters
            ----------
            d_lon : angle-like
                The angular offset in the longitude direction. The definition of
                "longitude" depends on this coordinate's frame (e.g., RA for
                equatorial coordinates).
            d_lat : angle-like
                The angular offset in the latitude direction. The definition of
                "latitude" depends on this coordinate's frame (e.g., Dec for
                equatorial coordinates).

            Returns
            -------
            newcoord : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord`
                The coordinates for the location that corresponds to offsetting by
                ``d_lat`` in the latitude direction and ``d_lon`` in the longitude
                direction.

            Notes
            -----
            This internally uses `~astropy.coordinates.SkyOffsetFrame` to do the
            transformation. For a more complete set of transform offsets, use
            `~astropy.coordinates.SkyOffsetFrame` or `~astropy.wcs.WCS` manually.
            This specific method can be reproduced by doing
            ``SkyCoord(SkyOffsetFrame(d_lon, d_lat, origin=self.frame).transform_to(self))``.

            See Also
            --------
            spherical_offsets_to : compute the angular offsets to another coordinate
            directional_offset_by : offset a coordinate by an angle in a direction
            """
            from .builtin_frames.skyoffset import SkyOffsetFrame

            return self.__class__(
                SkyOffsetFrame(d_lon, d_lat, origin=self.frame).transform_to(self)
            )

        def directional_offset_by(self, position_angle, separation):
            """
            Computes coordinates at the given offset from this coordinate.

            Parameters
            ----------
            position_angle : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                position_angle of offset
            separation : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                offset angular separation

            Returns
            -------
            newpoints : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord`
                The coordinates for the location that corresponds to offsetting by
                the given `position_angle` and `separation`.

            Notes
            -----
            Returned SkyCoord frame retains only the frame attributes that are for
            the resulting frame type.  (e.g. if the input frame is
            `~astropy.coordinates.ICRS`, an ``equinox`` value will be retained, but
            an ``obstime`` will not.)

            For a more complete set of transform offsets, use `~astropy.wcs.WCS`.
            `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord.skyoffset_frame()` can also be used to
            create a spherical frame with (lat=0, lon=0) at a reference point,
            approximating an xy cartesian system for small offsets. This method
            is distinct in that it is accurate on the sphere.

            See Also
            --------
            position_angle : inverse operation for the ``position_angle`` component
            separation : inverse operation for the ``separation`` component

            """
            from . import angle_utilities

            slat = self.represent_as(UnitSphericalRepresentation).lat
            slon = self.represent_as(UnitSphericalRepresentation).lon

            newlon, newlat = angle_utilities.offset_by(
                lon=slon, lat=slat, posang=position_angle, distance=separation
            )

            return SkyCoord(newlon, newlat, frame=self.frame)

        def match_to_catalog_sky(self, catalogcoord, nthneighbor=1):
            """
            Finds the nearest on-sky matches of this coordinate in a set of
            catalog coordinates.

            For more on how to use this (and related) functionality, see the
            examples in :doc:`astropy:/coordinates/matchsep`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            catalogcoord : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` or `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
                The base catalog in which to search for matches. Typically this
                will be a coordinate object that is an array (i.e.,
                ``catalogcoord.isscalar == False``)
            nthneighbor : int, optional
                Which closest neighbor to search for.  Typically ``1`` is
                desired here, as that is correct for matching one set of
                coordinates to another. The next likely use case is ``2``,
                for matching a coordinate catalog against *itself* (``1``
                is inappropriate because each point will find itself as the
                closest match).

            Returns
            -------
            idx : int array
                Indices into ``catalogcoord`` to get the matched points for
                each of this object's coordinates. Shape matches this
                object.
            sep2d : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The on-sky separation between the closest match for each
                element in this object in ``catalogcoord``. Shape matches
                this object.
            dist3d : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length']
                The 3D distance between the closest match for each element
                in this object in ``catalogcoord``. Shape matches this
                object. Unless both this and ``catalogcoord`` have associated
                distances, this quantity assumes that all sources are at a
                distance of 1 (dimensionless).

            Notes
            -----
            This method requires `SciPy <https://www.scipy.org/>`_ to be
            installed or it will fail.

            See Also
            --------
            astropy.coordinates.match_coordinates_sky
            SkyCoord.match_to_catalog_3d
            """
            from .matching import match_coordinates_sky

            if not (
                isinstance(catalogcoord, (SkyCoord, BaseCoordinateFrame))
                and catalogcoord.has_data
            ):
                raise TypeError(
                    "Can only get separation to another SkyCoord or a "
                    "coordinate frame with data"
                )

            res = match_coordinates_sky(
                self, catalogcoord, nthneighbor=nthneighbor, storekdtree="_kdtree_sky"
            )
            return res

        def match_to_catalog_3d(self, catalogcoord, nthneighbor=1):
            """
            Finds the nearest 3-dimensional matches of this coordinate to a set
            of catalog coordinates.

            This finds the 3-dimensional closest neighbor, which is only different
            from the on-sky distance if ``distance`` is set in this object or the
            ``catalogcoord`` object.

            For more on how to use this (and related) functionality, see the
            examples in :doc:`astropy:/coordinates/matchsep`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            catalogcoord : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` or `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
                The base catalog in which to search for matches. Typically this
                will be a coordinate object that is an array (i.e.,
                ``catalogcoord.isscalar == False``)
            nthneighbor : int, optional
                Which closest neighbor to search for.  Typically ``1`` is
                desired here, as that is correct for matching one set of
                coordinates to another.  The next likely use case is
                ``2``, for matching a coordinate catalog against *itself*
                (``1`` is inappropriate because each point will find
                itself as the closest match).

            Returns
            -------
            idx : int array
                Indices into ``catalogcoord`` to get the matched points for
                each of this object's coordinates. Shape matches this
                object.
            sep2d : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The on-sky separation between the closest match for each
                element in this object in ``catalogcoord``. Shape matches
                this object.
            dist3d : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length']
                The 3D distance between the closest match for each element
                in this object in ``catalogcoord``. Shape matches this
                object.

            Notes
            -----
            This method requires `SciPy <https://www.scipy.org/>`_ to be
            installed or it will fail.

            See Also
            --------
            astropy.coordinates.match_coordinates_3d
            SkyCoord.match_to_catalog_sky
            """
            from .matching import match_coordinates_3d

            if not (
                isinstance(catalogcoord, (SkyCoord, BaseCoordinateFrame))
                and catalogcoord.has_data
            ):
                raise TypeError(
                    "Can only get separation to another SkyCoord or a "
                    "coordinate frame with data"
                )

            res = match_coordinates_3d(
                self, catalogcoord, nthneighbor=nthneighbor, storekdtree="_kdtree_3d"
            )

            return res

        def search_around_sky(self, searcharoundcoords, seplimit):
            """
            Searches for all coordinates in this object around a supplied set of
            points within a given on-sky separation.

            This is intended for use on `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` objects
            with coordinate arrays, rather than a scalar coordinate.  For a scalar
            coordinate, it is better to use
            `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord.separation`.

            For more on how to use this (and related) functionality, see the
            examples in :doc:`astropy:/coordinates/matchsep`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            searcharoundcoords : coordinate-like
                The coordinates to search around to try to find matching points in
                this |SkyCoord|. This should be an object with array coordinates,
                not a scalar coordinate object.
            seplimit : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['angle']
                The on-sky separation to search within.

            Returns
            -------
            idxsearcharound : int array
                Indices into ``searcharoundcoords`` that match the
                corresponding elements of ``idxself``. Shape matches
                ``idxself``.
            idxself : int array
                Indices into ``self`` that match the
                corresponding elements of ``idxsearcharound``. Shape matches
                ``idxsearcharound``.
            sep2d : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The on-sky separation between the coordinates. Shape matches
                ``idxsearcharound`` and ``idxself``.
            dist3d : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length']
                The 3D distance between the coordinates. Shape matches
                ``idxsearcharound`` and ``idxself``.

            Notes
            -----
            This method requires `SciPy <https://www.scipy.org/>`_ to be
            installed or it will fail.

            In the current implementation, the return values are always sorted in
            the same order as the ``searcharoundcoords`` (so ``idxsearcharound`` is
            in ascending order).  This is considered an implementation detail,
            though, so it could change in a future release.

            See Also
            --------
            astropy.coordinates.search_around_sky
            SkyCoord.search_around_3d
            """
            from .matching import search_around_sky

            return search_around_sky(
                searcharoundcoords, self, seplimit, storekdtree="_kdtree_sky"
            )

        def search_around_3d(self, searcharoundcoords, distlimit):
            """
            Searches for all coordinates in this object around a supplied set of
            points within a given 3D radius.

            This is intended for use on `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` objects
            with coordinate arrays, rather than a scalar coordinate.  For a scalar
            coordinate, it is better to use
            `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord.separation_3d`.

            For more on how to use this (and related) functionality, see the
            examples in :doc:`astropy:/coordinates/matchsep`.

            Parameters
            ----------
            searcharoundcoords : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` or `~astropy.coordinates.BaseCoordinateFrame`
                The coordinates to search around to try to find matching points in
                this |SkyCoord|. This should be an object with array coordinates,
                not a scalar coordinate object.
            distlimit : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length']
                The physical radius to search within.

            Returns
            -------
            idxsearcharound : int array
                Indices into ``searcharoundcoords`` that match the
                corresponding elements of ``idxself``. Shape matches
                ``idxself``.
            idxself : int array
                Indices into ``self`` that match the
                corresponding elements of ``idxsearcharound``. Shape matches
                ``idxsearcharound``.
            sep2d : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The on-sky separation between the coordinates. Shape matches
                ``idxsearcharound`` and ``idxself``.
            dist3d : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['length']
                The 3D distance between the coordinates. Shape matches
                ``idxsearcharound`` and ``idxself``.

            Notes
            -----
            This method requires `SciPy <https://www.scipy.org/>`_ to be
            installed or it will fail.

            In the current implementation, the return values are always sorted in
            the same order as the ``searcharoundcoords`` (so ``idxsearcharound`` is
            in ascending order).  This is considered an implementation detail,
            though, so it could change in a future release.

            See Also
            --------
            astropy.coordinates.search_around_3d
            SkyCoord.search_around_sky
            """
            from .matching import search_around_3d

            return search_around_3d(
                searcharoundcoords, self, distlimit, storekdtree="_kdtree_3d"
            )

        def position_angle(self, other):
            """
            Computes the on-sky position angle (East of North) between this
            SkyCoord and another.

            Parameters
            ----------
            other : |SkyCoord|
                The other coordinate to compute the position angle to.  It is
                treated as the "head" of the vector of the position angle.

            Returns
            -------
            pa : `~astropy.coordinates.Angle`
                The (positive) position angle of the vector pointing from ``self``
                to ``other``.  If either ``self`` or ``other`` contain arrays, this
                will be an array following the appropriate `numpy` broadcasting
                rules.

            Examples
            --------
            >>> c1 = SkyCoord(0*u.deg, 0*u.deg)
            >>> c2 = SkyCoord(1*u.deg, 0*u.deg)
            >>> c1.position_angle(c2).degree
            90.0
            >>> c3 = SkyCoord(1*u.deg, 1*u.deg)
            >>> c1.position_angle(c3).degree  # doctest: +FLOAT_CMP
            44.995636455344844
            """
            from . import angle_utilities

            if not self.is_equivalent_frame(other):
                try:
                    other = other.transform_to(self, merge_attributes=False)
                except TypeError:
                    raise TypeError(
                        "Can only get position_angle to another "
                        "SkyCoord or a coordinate frame with data"
                    )

            slat = self.represent_as(UnitSphericalRepresentation).lat
            slon = self.represent_as(UnitSphericalRepresentation).lon
            olat = other.represent_as(UnitSphericalRepresentation).lat
            olon = other.represent_as(UnitSphericalRepresentation).lon

            return angle_utilities.position_angle(slon, slat, olon, olat)

        def skyoffset_frame(self, rotation=None):
            """
            Returns the sky offset frame with this SkyCoord at the origin.

            Parameters
            ----------
            rotation : angle-like
                The final rotation of the frame about the ``origin``. The sign of
                the rotation is the left-hand rule. That is, an object at a
                particular position angle in the un-rotated system will be sent to
                the positive latitude (z) direction in the final frame.

            Returns
            -------
            astrframe : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyOffsetFrame`
                A sky offset frame of the same type as this |SkyCoord| (e.g., if
                this object has an ICRS coordinate, the resulting frame is
                SkyOffsetICRS, with the origin set to this object)
            """
            from .builtin_frames.skyoffset import SkyOffsetFrame

            return SkyOffsetFrame(origin=self, rotation=rotation)

        def get_constellation(self, short_name=False, constellation_list="iau"):
            """
            Determines the constellation(s) of the coordinates this SkyCoord contains.

            Parameters
            ----------
            short_name : bool
                If True, the returned names are the IAU-sanctioned abbreviated
                names.  Otherwise, full names for the constellations are used.
            constellation_list : str
                The set of constellations to use.  Currently only ``'iau'`` is
                supported, meaning the 88 "modern" constellations endorsed by the IAU.

            Returns
            -------
            constellation : str or string array
                If this is a scalar coordinate, returns the name of the
                constellation.  If it is an array |SkyCoord|, it returns an array of
                names.

            Notes
            -----
            To determine which constellation a point on the sky is in, this first
            precesses to B1875, and then uses the Delporte boundaries of the 88
            modern constellations, as tabulated by
            `Roman 1987 <http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/Cat?VI/42>`_.

            See Also
            --------
            astropy.coordinates.get_constellation
            """
            from .funcs import get_constellation

            # because of issue #7028, the conversion to a PrecessedGeocentric
            # system fails in some cases.  Work around is to  drop the velocities.
            # they are not needed here since only position information is used
            extra_frameattrs = {nm: getattr(self, nm) for nm in self._extra_frameattr_names}
            novel = SkyCoord(
                self.realize_frame(self.data.without_differentials()), **extra_frameattrs
            )
            return get_constellation(novel, short_name, constellation_list)

            # the simpler version below can be used when gh-issue #7028 is resolved
            # return get_constellation(self, short_name, constellation_list)

        # WCS pixel to/from sky conversions
        def to_pixel(self, wcs, origin=0, mode="all"):
            """
            Convert this coordinate to pixel coordinates using a `~astropy.wcs.WCS`
            object.

            Parameters
            ----------
            wcs : `~astropy.wcs.WCS`
                The WCS to use for convert
            origin : int
                Whether to return 0 or 1-based pixel coordinates.
            mode : 'all' or 'wcs'
                Whether to do the transformation including distortions (``'all'``) or
                only including only the core WCS transformation (``'wcs'``).

            Returns
            -------
            xp, yp : `numpy.ndarray`
                The pixel coordinates

            See Also
            --------
            astropy.wcs.utils.skycoord_to_pixel : the implementation of this method
            """
            from astropy.wcs.utils import skycoord_to_pixel

            return skycoord_to_pixel(self, wcs=wcs, origin=origin, mode=mode)

        @classmethod
        def from_pixel(cls, xp, yp, wcs, origin=0, mode="all"):
            """
            Create a new SkyCoord from pixel coordinates using a World Coordinate System.

            Parameters
            ----------
            xp, yp : float or ndarray
                The coordinates to convert.
            wcs : `~astropy.wcs.WCS`
                The WCS to use for convert
            origin : int
                Whether to return 0 or 1-based pixel coordinates.
            mode : 'all' or 'wcs'
                Whether to do the transformation including distortions (``'all'``) or
                only including only the core WCS transformation (``'wcs'``).

            Returns
            -------
            coord : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord`
                A new object with sky coordinates corresponding to the input ``xp``
                and ``yp``.

            See Also
            --------
            to_pixel : to do the inverse operation
            astropy.wcs.utils.pixel_to_skycoord : the implementation of this method
            """
            from astropy.wcs.utils import pixel_to_skycoord

            return pixel_to_skycoord(xp, yp, wcs=wcs, origin=origin, mode=mode, cls=cls)

        def contained_by(self, wcs, image=None, **kwargs):
            """
            Determines if the SkyCoord is contained in the given wcs footprint.

            Parameters
            ----------
            wcs : `~astropy.wcs.WCS`
                The coordinate to check if it is within the wcs coordinate.
            image : array
                Optional.  The image associated with the wcs object that the cooordinate
                is being checked against. If not given the naxis keywords will be used
                to determine if the coordinate falls within the wcs footprint.
            **kwargs
                Additional arguments to pass to `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord.to_pixel`

            Returns
            -------
            response : bool
                True means the WCS footprint contains the coordinate, False means it does not.
            """

            if image is not None:
                ymax, xmax = image.shape
            else:
                xmax, ymax = wcs._naxis

            import warnings

            with warnings.catch_warnings():
                #  Suppress warnings since they just mean we didn't find the coordinate
                warnings.simplefilter("ignore")
                try:
                    x, y = self.to_pixel(wcs, **kwargs)
                except Exception:
                    return False

            return (x < xmax) & (x > 0) & (y < ymax) & (y > 0)

        def radial_velocity_correction(
            self, kind="barycentric", obstime=None, location=None
        ):
            """
            Compute the correction required to convert a radial velocity at a given
            time and place on the Earth's Surface to a barycentric or heliocentric
            velocity.

            Parameters
            ----------
            kind : str
                The kind of velocity correction.  Must be 'barycentric' or
                'heliocentric'.
            obstime : `~astropy.time.Time` or None, optional
                The time at which to compute the correction.  If `None`, the
                ``obstime`` frame attribute on the |SkyCoord| will be used.
            location : `~astropy.coordinates.EarthLocation` or None, optional
                The observer location at which to compute the correction.  If
                `None`, the  ``location`` frame attribute on the passed-in
                ``obstime`` will be used, and if that is None, the ``location``
                frame attribute on the |SkyCoord| will be used.

            Raises
            ------
            ValueError
                If either ``obstime`` or ``location`` are passed in (not ``None``)
                when the frame attribute is already set on this |SkyCoord|.
            TypeError
                If ``obstime`` or ``location`` aren't provided, either as arguments
                or as frame attributes.

            Returns
            -------
            vcorr : `~astropy.units.Quantity` ['speed']
                The  correction with a positive sign.  I.e., *add* this
                to an observed radial velocity to get the barycentric (or
                heliocentric) velocity. If m/s precision or better is needed,
                see the notes below.

            Notes
            -----
            The barycentric correction is calculated to higher precision than the
            heliocentric correction and includes additional physics (e.g time dilation).
            Use barycentric corrections if m/s precision is required.

            The algorithm here is sufficient to perform corrections at the mm/s level, but
            care is needed in application. The barycentric correction returned uses the optical
            approximation v = z * c. Strictly speaking, the barycentric correction is
            multiplicative and should be applied as::

              >>> from astropy.time import Time
              >>> from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord, EarthLocation
              >>> from astropy.constants import c
              >>> t = Time(56370.5, format='mjd', scale='utc')
              >>> loc = EarthLocation('149d33m00.5s','-30d18m46.385s',236.87*u.m)
              >>> sc = SkyCoord(1*u.deg, 2*u.deg)
              >>> vcorr = sc.radial_velocity_correction(kind='barycentric', obstime=t, location=loc)  # doctest: +REMOTE_DATA
              >>> rv = rv + vcorr + rv * vcorr / c  # doctest: +SKIP

            Also note that this method returns the correction velocity in the so-called
            *optical convention*::

              >>> vcorr = zb * c  # doctest: +SKIP

            where ``zb`` is the barycentric correction redshift as defined in section 3
            of Wright & Eastman (2014). The application formula given above follows from their
            equation (11) under assumption that the radial velocity ``rv`` has also been defined
            using the same optical convention. Note, this can be regarded as a matter of
            velocity definition and does not by itself imply any loss of accuracy, provided
            sufficient care has been taken during interpretation of the results. If you need
            the barycentric correction expressed as the full relativistic velocity (e.g., to provide
            it as the input to another software which performs the application), the
            following recipe can be used::

              >>> zb = vcorr / c  # doctest: +REMOTE_DATA
              >>> zb_plus_one_squared = (zb + 1) ** 2  # doctest: +REMOTE_DATA
              >>> vcorr_rel = c * (zb_plus_one_squared - 1) / (zb_plus_one_squared + 1)  # doctest: +REMOTE_DATA

            or alternatively using just equivalencies::

              >>> vcorr_rel = vcorr.to(u.Hz, u.doppler_optical(1*u.Hz)).to(vcorr.unit, u.doppler_relativistic(1*u.Hz))  # doctest: +REMOTE_DATA

            See also `~astropy.units.equivalencies.doppler_optical`,
            `~astropy.units.equivalencies.doppler_radio`, and
            `~astropy.units.equivalencies.doppler_relativistic` for more information on
            the velocity conventions.

            The default is for this method to use the builtin ephemeris for
            computing the sun and earth location.  Other ephemerides can be chosen
            by setting the `~astropy.coordinates.solar_system_ephemeris` variable,
            either directly or via ``with`` statement.  For example, to use the JPL
            ephemeris, do::

              >>> from astropy.coordinates import solar_system_ephemeris
              >>> sc = SkyCoord(1*u.deg, 2*u.deg)
              >>> with solar_system_ephemeris.set('jpl'):  # doctest: +REMOTE_DATA
              ...     rv += sc.radial_velocity_correction(obstime=t, location=loc)  # doctest: +SKIP

            """
            # has to be here to prevent circular imports
            from .solar_system import get_body_barycentric_posvel

            # location validation
            timeloc = getattr(obstime, "location", None)
            if location is None:
                if self.location is not None:
                    location = self.location
                    if timeloc is not None:
                        raise ValueError(
                            "`location` cannot be in both the passed-in `obstime` and this"
                            " `SkyCoord` because it is ambiguous which is meant for the"
                            " radial_velocity_correction."
                        )
                elif timeloc is not None:
                    location = timeloc
                else:
                    raise TypeError(
                        "Must provide a `location` to radial_velocity_correction, either as"
                        " a SkyCoord frame attribute, as an attribute on the passed in"
                        " `obstime`, or in the method call."
                    )

            elif self.location is not None or timeloc is not None:
                raise ValueError(
                    "Cannot compute radial velocity correction if `location` argument is"
                    " passed in and there is also a  `location` attribute on this SkyCoord"
                    " or the passed-in `obstime`."
                )

            # obstime validation
            coo_at_rv_obstime = self  # assume we need no space motion for now
            if obstime is None:
                obstime = self.obstime
                if obstime is None:
                    raise TypeError(
                        "Must provide an `obstime` to radial_velocity_correction, either as"
                        " a SkyCoord frame attribute or in the method call."
                    )
            elif self.obstime is not None and self.frame.data.differentials:
                # we do need space motion after all
                coo_at_rv_obstime = self.apply_space_motion(obstime)
            elif self.obstime is None:
                # warn the user if the object has differentials set
                if "s" in self.data.differentials:
                    warnings.warn(
                        "SkyCoord has space motion, and therefore the specified "
                        "position of the SkyCoord may not be the same as "
                        "the `obstime` for the radial velocity measurement. "
                        "This may affect the rv correction at the order of km/s"
                        "for very high proper motions sources. If you wish to "
                        "apply space motion of the SkyCoord to correct for this"
                        "the `obstime` attribute of the SkyCoord must be set",
                        AstropyUserWarning,
                    )

            pos_earth, v_earth = get_body_barycentric_posvel("earth", obstime)
            if kind == "barycentric":
                v_origin_to_earth = v_earth
            elif kind == "heliocentric":
                v_sun = get_body_barycentric_posvel("sun", obstime)[1]
                v_origin_to_earth = v_earth - v_sun
            else:
                raise ValueError(
                    "`kind` argument to radial_velocity_correction must "
                    f"be 'barycentric' or 'heliocentric', but got '{kind}'"
                )

            gcrs_p, gcrs_v = location.get_gcrs_posvel(obstime)
            # transforming to GCRS is not the correct thing to do here, since we don't want to
            # include aberration (or light deflection)? Instead, only apply parallax if necessary
            icrs_cart = coo_at_rv_obstime.icrs.cartesian
            icrs_cart_novel = icrs_cart.without_differentials()
            if self.data.__class__ is UnitSphericalRepresentation:
                targcart = icrs_cart_novel
            else:
                # skycoord has distances so apply parallax
                obs_icrs_cart = pos_earth + gcrs_p
                targcart = icrs_cart_novel - obs_icrs_cart
                targcart /= targcart.norm()

            if kind == "barycentric":
                beta_obs = (v_origin_to_earth + gcrs_v) / speed_of_light
                gamma_obs = 1 / np.sqrt(1 - beta_obs.norm() ** 2)
                gr = location.gravitational_redshift(obstime)
                # barycentric redshift according to eq 28 in Wright & Eastmann (2014),
                # neglecting Shapiro delay and effects of the star's own motion
                zb = gamma_obs * (1 + beta_obs.dot(targcart)) / (1 + gr / speed_of_light)
                # try and get terms corresponding to stellar motion.
                if icrs_cart.differentials:
                    try:
                        ro = self.icrs.cartesian
                        beta_star = ro.differentials["s"].to_cartesian() / speed_of_light
                        # ICRS unit vector at coordinate epoch
                        ro = ro.without_differentials()
                        ro /= ro.norm()
                        zb *= (1 + beta_star.dot(ro)) / (1 + beta_star.dot(targcart))
                    except u.UnitConversionError:
                        warnings.warn(
                            "SkyCoord contains some velocity information, but not enough to"
                            " calculate the full space motion of the source, and so this"
                            " has been ignored for the purposes of calculating the radial"
                            " velocity correction. This can lead to errors on the order of"
                            " metres/second.",
                            AstropyUserWarning,
                        )

                zb = zb - 1
                return zb * speed_of_light
            else:
                # do a simpler correction ignoring time dilation and gravitational redshift
                # this is adequate since Heliocentric corrections shouldn't be used if
                # cm/s precision is required.
                return targcart.dot(v_origin_to_earth + gcrs_v)

        # Table interactions
        @classmethod
        def guess_from_table(cls, table, **coord_kwargs):
            r"""
            A convenience method to create and return a new SkyCoord from the data
            in an astropy Table.

            This method matches table columns that start with the case-insensitive
            names of the the components of the requested frames (including
            differentials), if they are also followed by a non-alphanumeric
            character. It will also match columns that *end* with the component name
            if a non-alphanumeric character is *before* it.

            For example, the first rule means columns with names like
            ``'RA[J2000]'`` or ``'ra'`` will be interpreted as ``ra`` attributes for
            `~astropy.coordinates.ICRS` frames, but ``'RAJ2000'`` or ``'radius'``
            are *not*. Similarly, the second rule applied to the
            `~astropy.coordinates.Galactic` frame means that a column named
            ``'gal_l'`` will be used as the the ``l`` component, but ``gall`` or
            ``'fill'`` will not.

            The definition of alphanumeric here is based on Unicode's definition
            of alphanumeric, except without ``_`` (which is normally considered
            alphanumeric).  So for ASCII, this means the non-alphanumeric characters
            are ``<space>_!"#$%&'()*+,-./\:;<=>?@[]^`{|}~``).

            Parameters
            ----------
            table : `~astropy.table.Table` or subclass
                The table to load data from.
            **coord_kwargs
                Any additional keyword arguments are passed directly to this class's
                constructor.

            Returns
            -------
            newsc : `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` or subclass
                The new instance.

            Raises
            ------
            ValueError
                If more than one match is found in the table for a component,
                unless the additional matches are also valid frame component names.
                If a "coord_kwargs" is provided for a value also found in the table.

            """
            _frame_cls, _frame_kwargs = _get_frame_without_data([], coord_kwargs)
            frame = _frame_cls(**_frame_kwargs)
            coord_kwargs["frame"] = coord_kwargs.get("frame", frame)

            representation_component_names = set(
                frame.get_representation_component_names()
            ).union(set(frame.get_representation_component_names("s")))

            comp_kwargs = {}
            for comp_name in representation_component_names:
                # this matches things like 'ra[...]'' but *not* 'rad'.
                # note that the "_" must be in there explicitly, because
                # "alphanumeric" usually includes underscores.
                starts_with_comp = comp_name + r"(\W|\b|_)"
                # this part matches stuff like 'center_ra', but *not*
                # 'aura'
                ends_with_comp = r".*(\W|\b|_)" + comp_name + r"\b"
                # the final regex ORs together the two patterns
                rex = re.compile(
                    rf"({starts_with_comp})|({ends_with_comp})", re.IGNORECASE | re.UNICODE
                )

                # find all matches
                matches = {col_name for col_name in table.colnames if rex.match(col_name)}

                # now need to select among matches, also making sure we don't have
                # an exact match with another component
                if len(matches) == 0:  # no matches
                    continue
                elif len(matches) == 1:  # only one match
                    col_name = matches.pop()
                else:  # more than 1 match
                    # try to sieve out other components
                    matches -= representation_component_names - {comp_name}
                    # if there's only one remaining match, it worked.
                    if len(matches) == 1:
                        col_name = matches.pop()
                    else:
                        raise ValueError(
                            f'Found at least two matches for component "{comp_name}":'
                            f' "{matches}". Cannot guess coordinates from a table with this'
                            " ambiguity."
                        )

                comp_kwargs[comp_name] = table[col_name]

            for k, v in comp_kwargs.items():
                if k in coord_kwargs:
                    raise ValueError(
                        f'Found column "{v.name}" in table, but it was already provided as'
                        ' "{k}" keyword to guess_from_table function.'
                    )
                else:
                    coord_kwargs[k] = v

            return cls(**coord_kwargs)

        # Name resolve
        @classmethod
        def from_name(cls, name, frame="icrs", parse=False, cache=True):
            """
            Given a name, query the CDS name resolver to attempt to retrieve
            coordinate information for that object. The search database, sesame
            url, and  query timeout can be set through configuration items in
            ``astropy.coordinates.name_resolve`` -- see docstring for
            `~astropy.coordinates.get_icrs_coordinates` for more
            information.

            Parameters
            ----------
            name : str
                The name of the object to get coordinates for, e.g. ``'M42'``.
            frame : str or `BaseCoordinateFrame` class or instance
                The frame to transform the object to.
            parse : bool
                Whether to attempt extracting the coordinates from the name by
                parsing with a regex. For objects catalog names that have
                J-coordinates embedded in their names, e.g.,
                'CRTS SSS100805 J194428-420209', this may be much faster than a
                Sesame query for the same object name. The coordinates extracted
                in this way may differ from the database coordinates by a few
                deci-arcseconds, so only use this option if you do not need
                sub-arcsecond accuracy for coordinates.
            cache : bool, optional
                Determines whether to cache the results or not. To update or
                overwrite an existing value, pass ``cache='update'``.

            Returns
            -------
            coord : SkyCoord
                Instance of the SkyCoord class.
            """

            from .name_resolve import get_icrs_coordinates

            icrs_coord = get_icrs_coordinates(name, parse, cache=cache)
            icrs_sky_coord = cls(icrs_coord)
            if frame in ("icrs", icrs_coord.__class__):
                return icrs_sky_coord
            else:
                return icrs_sky_coord.transform_to(frame)