User manual

It is also possible to use the “-outreach” command line parameter, respectively “-
preview ” when you start Aladin in a console. In these cases, a student cannot change
the profile view the “user preferences”
8.2Supported data types
Most of data types used in astronomy, either for images or catalogues, or meta-data are
supporting by Aladin. The usual compression methods are also supported.
Format Data type
Aladin
logo
Comments
FITS Image [+ WCS] No size limit
JPEG
Coloured image
[+WCS]
< 100 Megapixels
1
GIF Coloured image
PNG Coloured image
HCOMP
Compressed image
FITS
Only available on FITS image
FITS- RGB Image [+WCS]
FITS-CUBE Image cube [+WCS] <1024x512x512
FITS-RICE
Compressed image
FITS
Only available on FITS image
ASTRORES catalogue
VOTable precursor (for
compatibility)
VOTABLE catalogue
IVOA standard fully supported
(base64,FITS…)
<1 million sources
FITS-ST catalogue
ASCII FITS table
<1 million sources
FITS-SB catalogue
FITS binary table
<1 million sources
CSV & TSV catalogue
“Character separated value”
<1 million sources
BSV catalogue
“Blank separated value”
<1 million sources
SEXTRACTOR catalogue S-Extractor default format
MFITS Mixing data types FITS multiples extensions
AJ Aladin stack Stack backup
AJS Aladin script Script command file
FOV Field of view
Instrument field of view (IVOA
note)
IDHA Image list
SIA like, (supported for
compatibility)
SIA Image list [+WCS]
IVOA standard
(< 10 000 lines)
SSA Spectra list
IVOAStandard
(< 10 000 lines)
1
With 1 Gigabyte RAM
83