@@ -1809,7 +1809,11 @@ class NonFixedTarget(Target):
18091809 """
18101810 An object that is not "fixed" with respect to the celestial sphere.
18111811
1812- Currently only some celestial objects are supported in this class.
1812+ A NonFixedTarget object holds a function that computes the coordinates
1813+ of the object at various points in time.
1814+
1815+ NonFixedTarget objects can at present be initialized only by the
1816+ ``NonFixedTarget.from_name`` class method.
18131817 """
18141818 def __init__ (self , coord_function = None , name = None , constant_kwargs = None ):
18151819 """
@@ -1824,21 +1828,33 @@ def from_function(cls, coord_function, name=None):
18241828 """
18251829 Initialize a `~astropy.NonFixedTarget` by passing in a function that
18261830 computes a `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` for the target object.
1831+
1832+ Parameters
1833+ ----------
1834+ coord_function : function
1835+ This function takes some input parameters and outputs a
1836+ `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` for the object at one instance
1837+ in time
1838+
1839+ name : str (optional)
1840+ Name of the object
18271841 """
18281842 return cls (coord_function = coord_function , name = name )
18291843
18301844 def at (self , * args , ** kwargs ):
18311845 """
1832- Get `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` for the `~astroplan.NonFixedTarget`
1833- at a given time, location, etc .
1846+ Get a `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` object for the
1847+ `~astroplan.NonFixedTarget` at a given time, and/or other parameters .
18341848
18351849 Parameters
18361850 ----------
1837- All parameters passed to ``coord_function``.
1851+ All arguments and keyword arguments passed to already-specified
1852+ ``self.coord_function``.
18381853
18391854 Returns
18401855 -------
1841- A `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord` object as specified by the parameters.
1856+ `~astropy.coordinates.SkyCoord`
1857+ Specified by passing the arguments to ``self.coord_function``.
18421858 """
18431859 if self .constant_kwargs is not None :
18441860 for key in self .constant_kwargs :
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