LightcurveBackground¶

class gdt.core.plot.plot.LightcurveBackground(backrates, ax, color=None, alpha=None, band_alpha=None, **kwargs)[source]¶

Plot a lightcurve background model with an error band.

Parameters:

backrates (BackgroundRates) – The background rates object integrated over energy. If there is more than one remaining energy channel, the background will be integrated over the remaining energy channels.
ax (matplotlib.axes) – The axis on which to plot
color (str, optional) – The color of the background.
alpha (float, optional) – The alpha of the background central line.
band_alpha (float, optional) – The alpha of the background uncertainty.
**kwargs – Other plotting options

Attributes Summary

`alpha`	The alpha opacity value
`artists`	The object references to the individual matplotlib elements
`band_alpha`	The opacity of the uncertainty band
`color`	The color of the plot element
`linestyle`	The linestyle of the background Default is '-'
`linewidth`	The line width of the background.
`visible`	True if the element is shown on the plot, False otherwise
`zorder`	The plot element zorder

Methods Summary

`hide`()	Hide the plot element
`remove`()	Remove the plot element
`show`()	Show the plot element
`toggle`()	Toggle the visibility of the plot element

Attributes Documentation

alpha¶

The alpha opacity value

artists¶

The object references to the individual matplotlib elements

band_alpha¶

The opacity of the uncertainty band

color¶

The color of the plot element

linestyle¶

The linestyle of the background Default is ‘-’

linewidth¶

The line width of the background. Default is 1.5

visible¶

True if the element is shown on the plot, False otherwise

zorder¶

The plot element zorder

Methods Documentation