Anyone using Aladin?

[Lismore Bloke]

I have just come across this great interactive atlas:
http://aladin.u-strasbg.fr/
and wondering how many have installed and tried it.

You will need Java installed for it to work.
It makes use of the well known SIMBAD databases.

You can add data from various databases and activate them with a click.
Pretty powerful combination for those looking for faint galaxies.

[kinetic]

I use it all the time.
Great for visual magnitude checks in my images.

some examples:
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=45622&highlight=aladin
http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=41268&highlight=aladin


Steve

[renormalised]

Been using it for years...it's not bad.

[Enchilada]

There has been several discussions on the Aladin software at Ice in Space. You might like to look at the ISS thread "Position angle calculation."

I posted an example of using Aladin and how to do positional stuff on images (downloaded and observer's images)

"Using ALADIN for Calibration of Personal Images" [* Post#16 CalibSepPA1.pdf ]

See http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=38909&highlight=Aladin

However be aware there are other softwares, but I still find it best for my purposes.

Cheers :)

[Lismore Bloke]

Very interesting post on position angles. I think I understand the basics, measuring from a north-south line, anti clockwise. Finding that in the eyepiece of a dob without a reticle isn't easy. At least imagers have something permanent to measure.

Although Aladin is more suited to researchers and astronomy professionals, amateurs can still get a lot from it. Surprising that more observers aren't using it.

[Karls48]

I have been using Aladin since Enchilada pointed it to me. It is great, but bit slow sometimes with my ISP connection.