Dear all,
We are pleased to announce Aladin release 4
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr
It integrates the following new points:
- Big image support: ex: 20000x20000x64bits with a 1.5 GB RAM machine
- FITS cube support: for displaying cubes
- Plugins: extend Aladin by yourself
- PLASTIC integration: allowing interoperability between other PLASTIC
compatible application (VOSpec, TOPcat...)
- IDL library: for controlling Aladin from IDL
- Macros: useful for repeating a sequence of actions
- Ecliptic: Ecliptic coordinate frame support
- WCS keywords in JPEG: for JPEG astrometrical solutions
- OS Drag & Drop: for easily importing data from the OS desktop into
Aladin panels
- Mouse wheel support: for zooming
- Pan tool: for panning, especially in large images
- FITS XY linear support: for displaying not only the sky images (ex:
solar images...)
- Sextractor: interface to Sextractor (running at CDS)
- CADC: Aladin offers access to the CADC (Canadian Astronomical Data
Center)
- CAI: Aladin offers access to the ESO-R MAMA scans from CAI (Paris)
- Chinese language: Chinese translation
Regards
Pierre Fernique
Received on 2007-02-22Z15:07:13