Merge 9f41a7c into 0b755fa

astropy · Nov 24, 2015 · 122d200 · 122d200
2 parents 0b755fa + 9f41a7c
commit 122d200
Showing 1 changed file with 7 additions and 4 deletions.
diff --git a/astropy/coordinates/tests/test_name_resolve.py b/astropy/coordinates/tests/test_name_resolve.py
@@ -123,8 +123,11 @@ def test_names():
         icrs = SkyCoord(ra=float(ra)*u.degree, dec=float(dec)*u.degree)
 
     icrs_true = SkyCoord(ra="11h 22m 18.014s", dec="59d 04m 27.27s")
-    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.ra.degree, icrs_true.ra.degree, 3)
-    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.dec.degree, icrs_true.dec.degree, 3)
+
+    # use precsision of only 1 decimal here and below because the result can
+    # change due to Sesame server-side changes.
+    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.ra.degree, icrs_true.ra.degree, 1)
+    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.dec.degree, icrs_true.dec.degree, 1)
 
     try:
         icrs = get_icrs_coordinates("castor")
@@ -133,8 +136,8 @@ def test_names():
         icrs = SkyCoord(ra=float(ra)*u.degree, dec=float(dec)*u.degree)
 
     icrs_true = SkyCoord(ra="07h 34m 35.87s", dec="+31d 53m 17.8s")
-    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.ra.degree, icrs_true.ra.degree, 3)
-    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.dec.degree, icrs_true.dec.degree, 3)
+    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.ra.degree, icrs_true.ra.degree, 1)
+    np.testing.assert_almost_equal(icrs.dec.degree, icrs_true.dec.degree, 1)
 
 
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