quantity_support#

astropy.visualization.quantity_support(format='latex_inline')[source]#

Enable support for plotting astropy.units.Quantity instances in matplotlib.

May be (optionally) used with a with statement.

>>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>>> from astropy import units as u
>>> from astropy import visualization
>>> with visualization.quantity_support():
...     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
...     ax.plot([1, 2, 3] * u.m)
[...]
...     ax.plot([101, 125, 150] * u.cm)
[...]
...     ax.yaxis.set_units(u.km)
...     plt.draw()

The default axis unit is inferred from the first plot using a Quantity. To override it, you can explicitly set the axis unit using matplotlib.axis.Axis.set_units(), for example, ax.yaxis.set_units(u.km).

Parameters:

formatastropy.units.format.Base subclass or python:str: The name of a format or a formatter class. If not provided, defaults to latex_inline.