Hi,
Quick question: are the DP2 coadds (and coadds from future releases) public, and if not, would the collaboration consider making simple color versions of them public?
I ask because I contacted the Aladin team about integrating Rubin coadds as an image survey—for finding charts and general visual inspection—and they weren’t sure whether the images were available for that purpose (Aladin Lite).
I think this would add real value. In my experience, imagery that’s only accessible through a project’s own tools gets used far less. While observing, for example, I would not realistically keep several different websites open to pull finding charts for northern versus southern targets. I’ve also made publication-worthy discoveries simply by browsing Aladin Lite overlays of objects in different surveys.
So this is mainly a pitch: if it’s feasible, serving the coadds through Aladin (as a HiPS survey) seems like a straightforward way to maximize their impact, and provide the definitive image most people would use for their finding charts in the southern half of the sky.
Best,
Kevin