Talk:HEALPix

File:HEALPix projection SW.svg
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Is there too much emphasis on the use of HEALPix in cosmology in this page ?
The HEALPix page describes the extensive use of HEALPix in Cosmology but it is probably more extensivly used in other areas of Astronomy to display wide area sky maps. Sites Such as Aladin use images from extensive libraries of HEALPix formated images. In my view this use should be included in the article. Comments ?

If this is agreed the section on the right hand side about cosmology becomes even less relevant - it should really be on a Cosmology Page not on a page about map projections. Comments ?

If you agree to my second suggestion where should the cosmology information be moved too ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by John Murrell (talk • contribs) 21:46, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Of course it is best to give a balanced view of its usage. If you have secondary sources that give reliable statements about that, please add them. Otherwise, if you can demonstrate that the projection is also used in other contexts in astronomy, then any favoritism in the verbiage toward use in cosmology simply should be removed. Strebe (talk) 22:49, 24 January 2019 (UTC)