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<h1>Dec<a class="headerlink" href="#dec" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<em class="property">class </em><tt class="descclassname">astropy.coordinates.angles.</tt><tt class="descname">Dec</tt><big>(</big><em>angle</em>, <em>unit=None</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/coordinates/angles.py#L531" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/coordinates/angles.html#Dec"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.coordinates.angles.Dec" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Bases: <a class="reference internal" href="astropy.coordinates.angles.Angle.html#astropy.coordinates.angles.Angle" title="astropy.coordinates.angles.Angle"><tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">astropy.coordinates.angles.Angle</span></tt></a></p>
<p>Represents a declination value.</p>
<p>This object can be created from a numeric value along with a unit, or else a
string in any commonly represented format, e.g. “12 43 23.53”, “-32d52m29s”.
Unless otherwise specified via the ‘unit’ parameter, degrees are assumed.
Bounds are fixed to [-90,90] degrees.</p>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>angle</strong> : float, int, str, tuple</p>
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<div><p>The angle value. If a tuple, will be interpreted as (h, m s) or
(d, m, s) depending on <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">unit</span></tt>. If a string, it will be interpreted
following the rules described above.</p>
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<p><strong>unit</strong> : <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">UnitBase</span></tt>, str</p>
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<div><p>The unit of the value specified for the angle. This may be any
string that <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">Unit</span></tt> understands, but it is better to
give an actual unit object. Must be one of <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">degree</span></tt>,
<tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">radian</span></tt>, or <tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">hour</span></tt>.</p>
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<p><strong>bounds</strong> : tuple</p>
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<div><p>A tuple indicating the upper and lower value that the new angle object may
have.</p>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Raises :</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first"><strong>`~astropy.coordinates.errors.UnitsError`</strong> :</p>
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<div><p>If a unit is not provided or it is not hour, radian, or degree.</p>
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