luminosity_distance

astropy.cosmology.luminosity_distance(*args, **kwargs)

Deprecated since version 0.4: The luminosity_distance function is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. Use <Cosmology object>.luminosity_distance instead.

Luminosity distance in Mpc at redshift z.

This is the distance to use when converting between the bolometric flux from an object at redshift z and its bolometric luminosity.

Parameters:

z : array_like

Input redshifts.

Returns:

lumdist : Quantity

Luminosity distance at each input redshift.

See also

z_at_value

Find the redshift corresponding to a luminosity distance.