Overview

The Cosmo.Lab project, financed by the European Community from 2001 to 2003, has provided a software for the visualization and analysis of astrophysical data coming from cosmological simulations, observational catalogues and extragalactic radio sources.

The software is AstroMD.

AstroMD exploits the most advanced visualization technology, based on virtual reality, in order to build a leading edge instrument both for scientific research and for cultural dissemination and education. It is based on the VTK graphic library for the numerical core and on the Incr Tcl/Tk language for the GUI. Specific modules have been developed in order to deal with Astronomical data, in particular point-like data. The software is freely distributed and open source.

Downloads

The NEW RELEASE (VERSION 3.1) is now available. The new version can be DOWNLOADED from this web site or it can be obtained, together with the user guide, on a CD sending an e-mail to the Cosmo.Lab staff.
Version 3.1 is available as source code or as precompiled distribution for the following platforms:

MS Windows XP
Linux Red Hat 7.3
Linux Red Hat 8
Linux Red Hat 9
Suse 8
Fedora

In order to install and use the software see the Installation Guide and the User Guide

AstroMD Future

AstroMD is now being developed in a different project (soon more details) called CosmoMAF. The project will exploit the MAF technology (developed in previous EU funded projects), to make the software more and more stable and powerful. The next software version (probably called "AstroMAF") focus will be towards the Virtual Observatory framework, in order to build an application for visualization and analysis of astrophysical data that can interact with the distributed environment of the VO.