Config Keys

Below is a list and description of all available ATK config keys.

global_settings

• unit_format

  Sets the default format when printing an astropy Quantity, from (symbol, text). Default is symbol.

plot_settings

• cache_time

  Sets the duration for which figures (i.e. HTML pages) are cached to the ~/.AstroToolkit/cached_figures directory in seconds. Default is 3600.

• size

  Sets the default grid size of figures. Default is 500.

• backend

  Sets the bokeh output backend (see here) Default is canvas.

• toolbars

  Enables/Disables toolbars in figures. Default is True.

• grids

  Enables/Disables background grid in figures. Default is True.

• titles

  Enables/Disables figure titles. Default is True.

• font

  Sets the font to use in all figure text. Default is Helvetica.

• font_size

  Sets the font size to use in all figure text. Default is 14.

query_settings

• query_radius

  Sets the default radius in query(). Default is 3.

• image_size

  Sets the default size in image queries with query(). Default is 30.

• default_scale

  Sets the default positional scale for radius and size in query(). Default is arcsec.

overlay_settings

• crossmatch_radius

  Radius to use when matching Gaia detections to non-Gaia detections when performing proper motion correction in image overlays. Default is 5.

• simbad_radius

  Radius to use in SIMBAD searches for image overlays (e.g. when clicking on detection markers). Default is 3.

datapage_settings

• grid_size

  Size of grid used to scale all figures in datapage plotting. Default is 200.

• font

  Font to apply to all text in datapage figures. Default is Helvetica.

• font_size

  Font size to apply to all text in datapage figures. Default is 12.

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