AstroViewer

The rendering engine for scalable scientific sky visualisation.

AstroViewer provides the WebGL foundation for tiled astronomical datasets, catalogue overlays, footprints and responsive interaction across large visual layers.

Overview

The engine focuses on rendering performance, clean composition of scientific layers and a technical foundation that can evolve with AstroBrowser and future visual analytics products.

Graphics core behind AstroBrowser
WebGL2 rendering for celestial-sphere visualisation
Catalogue overlays, footprints and interactive visual layers
Architecture designed for performance and extensibility

Screenshots

Screenshot 1

WebGL sky rendering

Screenshot 2

Layer and footprint composition

Screenshot 3

High-performance tiled datasets

Video Demo

Demo video

AstroViewer rendering demo

Add the demo asset as public/media/astro-viewer/demo.mp4.