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[Thomas Boch <>]

Hi Jeremy,


I think your best bet is converting your HEALPix files to HiPS (it's 
very fast) and then create a color HiPS.

My colleague Pierre might have a better idea, but to my knowledge, there 
is no "standard" for RGB HEALPix files.


Thomas

Le 17/05/2023 à 09:20, Jeremy Sanders a écrit :
> Dear Aladin team
>
> Is it possible to show RGB data from a Healpix FITS file in Aladin? I 
> have red, green and blue brightness values for each Healpix pixel and 
> would like to display an RGB image in Aladin. If it is possible, could 
> someone show me an example file with the correct format?
>
> I know this is possible with HiPS, but I can't find anything about it 
> for Healpix on the web.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jeremy Sanders