find_nearest_skycomponent

ska_sdp_func_python.sky_component.operations.find_nearest_skycomponent(home: ~astropy.coordinates.sky_coordinate.SkyCoord, comps) -> (<class 'ska_sdp_datamodels.sky_model.sky_model.SkyComponent'>, <class 'float'>)[source]

Find the nearest component to a given direction.

Parameters:
  • home – Home direction

  • comps – List of SkyComponents

Returns:

Index of the nearest SkyComponent