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Software for pixelization, hierarchical indexation, synthesis, analysis, and visualization of data on the sphere. Please acknowledge HEALPix by quoting the web page http://healpix.sourceforge.net (or https://healpix.sourceforge.io) and publication: K.M. Gorski et al., 2005, Ap.J., 622, p.759

Full software documentation available at https://healpix.sourceforge.io/documentation.php

Wiki Pages: https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/wiki/Home

Exchanging Data with HEALPix (in FITS files): https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/wiki/Exchanging%20Data%20with%20HEALPix/

GDL and FL users should read https://sourceforge.net/p/healpix/wiki/HEALPix%20and%20GDL/

Features

  • Spherical Harmonics
  • Statistical analysis on the sphere
  • Pixel queries
  • Data processing

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image produced with Healpix + IDL Image of Planck CMB sky produced with HEALPix

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Categories

Simulation, Data Visualization, Astronomy, Data Analytics

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Mac

Intended Audience

Science/Research

Programming Language

C, C++, Fortran, IDL, Java, Python

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2005-02-04
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