simGaussianAbsoluteMagnitude

agabpylib.simulation.parallaxsurveys.simGaussianAbsoluteMagnitude(numStars, mean, stddev, rangen)

Simulate absolute magnitudes following a Gaussian distribution.

Parameters:

• numStars (int) – Number of stars to simulate

• mean (float) – Mean of the distribution

• stddev (float) – Standard deviation of the distribution

• rangen (numpy.random.Generator) – Random number generator.

Returns:

mags – Vector of magnitudes.

Return type:

float array