astropy / astropy/regions

Obtain corner vertices of Regions

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Description

A new method returning the corner vertices of regions, for instance the four corners of a RectangleSkyRegion, as an array of SkyCoord, would be useful.

Use case: to define a MoC of the region using [MOC.from_polygon](https://cds-astro.github.io/mocpy/examples/examples.html#create-a-moc-from-a-concave-polygon)

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Research direction

The issue names no implementation files or tests. Start by locating the region classes and examining how RectangleSkyRegion represents its geometry and coordinates. Done means a consistent method returns corner SkyCoord arrays that can be passed to MOC.from_polygon, with appropriate coverage for the relevant region types.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
api, data
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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