autogalaxy.plot.YLabel

class YLabel

Bases: AbstractLabel

The settings used to customize the figure’s title and y and x labels.

This object wraps the following Matplotlib methods:

• plt.ylabel: https://matplotlib.org/3.3.2/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.ylabel.html

• plt.xlabel: https://matplotlib.org/3.3.2/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.pyplot.xlabel.html

The y and x labels will automatically be set if not specified, using the input units.

Parameters

• units – The units the data is plotted using.

• manual_label – A manual label which overrides the default computed via the units if input.

Methods

set	Set the y labels of the figure, including the fontsize.

Attributes

config_category
config_dict
config_folder

set(auto_label=None)

Set the y labels of the figure, including the fontsize.

The y labels are always the distance scales, thus the labels are either arc-seconds or kpc and depending on the unit_label the figure is plotted in.

Parameters

units – The units of the image that is plotted which informs the appropriate y label text.