Parse coordinate string

>>> import astropy.coordinates as coords

>>> c = coords.ICRSCoordinates("00h42m44.3s +41d16m9s")

Access the RA/Dec values

>>> c.ra

<RA 10.68458 deg>

>>> c.dec

<Dec 41.26917 deg>

>>> c.ra.degrees

10.684583333333332

>>> c.ra.hms

(0.0, 42, 44.299999999999784)

Convert to Galactic coordinates

>>> c.galactic.l

<Angle 121.17431 deg>

>>> c.galactic.b

<Angle -21.57280 deg>

Create a separate object in Galactic coordinates

>>> from astropy import units as u

>>> g = c.transform_to(coords.GalacticCoordinates)

>>> g.l.format(u.degree, sep=":", precision=3)

'121:10:27.499'

Set the distance and view the cartesian coordinates

>>> c.distance = coords.Distance(770., u.kpc)

>>> c.x

568.7128882165681

>>> c.y

107.3009359688103

>>> c.z

507.8899092486349

Query SIMBAD to get coordinates from object names

>>> m = coords.ICRSCoordinates.from_name("M32")

>>> m

<ICRSCoordinates RA=10.67446 deg, Dec=40.86589 deg>

Two coordinates can be used to get distances

>>> m.distance = coords.Distance(765., u.kpc)

>>> m.separation_3d(c)

<Distance 7.36155 kpc>