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"""
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Offsetting the north pole of a coordinate frame
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How to use `~sunpy.coordinates.NorthOffsetFrame` to offset the north pole for a coordinate frame.
"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import astropy.units as u
from astropy.coordinates import SkyCoord
import sunpy.map
from sunpy.coordinates import NorthOffsetFrame
from sunpy.data.sample import AIA_171_IMAGE
##############################################################################
# For an AIA observation from the sample data, let's create a modified
# Heliographic Stonyhurst coordinate frame with its north pole offset to
# a longitude of 45 degrees and a latitude of 20 degrees.
aiamap = sunpy.map.Map(AIA_171_IMAGE)
north = SkyCoord(45*u.deg, 20*u.deg,
frame="heliographic_stonyhurst", obstime=aiamap.date)
new_frame = NorthOffsetFrame(north=north)
##############################################################################
# Let's plot the normal Heliographic Stonyhurst coordinate frame as a white
# grid and the modified coordinate frame as a blue grid. If the north pole of
# this new frame were placed at a point of interest, the lines of longitude
# form great circles radially away from the point, and the lines of latitude
# measure angular distance from the point.
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(projection=aiamap)
aiamap.plot(axes=ax, clip_interval=(1, 99.99)*u.percent)
aiamap.draw_grid(axes=ax)
overlay = ax.get_coords_overlay(new_frame)
overlay[0].set_ticks(spacing=30. * u.deg)
overlay.grid(ls='--', color='blue')
plt.show()
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