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Answer by Mike G for Visualizing difference in astropy's cylindrical...

The two frames have different axes.In the galactic frame, the Z axis is perpendicular to the galactic equator.ICRS and its predecessor FK5 are equatorial, with Z axis perpendicular to Earth's equator...

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Visualizing difference in astropy's cylindrical representation

I'm having trouble understanding why these two approaches have different results:from astropy import units as ufrom astropy.coordinates import SkyCoordlon, lat, dist_pc = 123.7, -1.4, 1789# Starting...

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