true_angular_distance¶
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pycraf.geometry.
true_angular_distance
(l1, b1, l2, b2)[source] [edit on github]¶ True angular distance between points (l1, b1) and (l2, b2).
Based on Vincenty formula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-circle_distance). This was spotted in astropy source code.