In the user manual section Elliptical gridding kernels, there's an example for treating elliptical beams:
beam_maj, beam_min, beam_PA = 0.2, 0.1, 30
This implies that the position angle (beam_PA) is in degrees, given the value of 30.
However, in the docstring for set_kernel(), it is stated that:
PA (the position angle) is in units of radians (for efficiency).
This seems contradictory. Could you please clarify:
Whether the set_kernel() function expects PA in radians or degrees? If the function does expect radians, then either: The manual example has possibly a typo, or there might be a hidden conversion from degrees to radians inside the code — though I couldn’t find one on a quick search.