aladin-lite
A web application for visualizing astronomical HiPS data directly in the browser, embeddable in any webpage.
What is aladin-lite?
Aladin Lite is a web-based astronomical data visualizer that enables the direct visualization of HiPS (Hierarchical Progressive Survey) data from a browser. It is designed to be easily embeddable in web pages and powers major astronomical portals like ESASky, the ESO Science Archive, and the ALMA Portal. The project solves the problem of making professional astronomical data visualization accessible and integrable on the web, prioritizing performance through modern WebAssembly and WebGL2 technologies.
Astronomers, astrophysics researchers, and developers building astronomical web portals or applications who need to embed interactive sky maps and visualize survey data directly in a browser.
Developers choose Aladin Lite because it is a specialized, embeddable viewer for HiPS data with support for astronomical standards like FITS images, WCS parsing, and catalog overlays (e.g., SIMBAD, NED). Its unique selling point is its use of a high-performance Rust/WebGL2 rendering engine and its proven integration in major astronomical portals, offering both ease of use and professional-grade visualization capabilities.
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An astronomical HiPS visualizer in the browser
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