---
title: 'OpenSpace: An open-source astrovisualization framework'
tags:
    - Visualization
    - Astronomy
authors:
    - name: Alexander Bock
      orcid: 0000-0002-2849-6146
      affiliation: 1,4
    - name: Emil Axelsson
      orcid: 0000-0003-3482-6356
      affiliation: 1
    - name: Karl Bladin
      orcid: 0000-0001-7789-0142
      affiliation: 1
    - name: Jonathas Costa
      orcid: 0000-0002-5008-5685
      affiliation: 4
    - name: Gene Payne
      orcid: 0000-0001-8022-4781
      affiliation: 5
    - name: Matthew Territo
      orcid: 0000-0002-7085-1770
      affiliation: 5
    - name: Joakim Kilby
      affiliation: 1
    - name: Eric Myers
      orcid: 0000-0002-2474-5125
      affiliation: 2
      name: Masha Kuznetsova
      affiliation: 3
    - name: Carter Emmart
      affiliation: 2
    - name: Anders Ynnerman
      orcid: 0000-0002-9466-9826
      affiliation: 1
affiliations:
    - name: Linköping University
      index: 1
    - name: American Museum of Natural History
      index: 2
    - name: Community Coordinated Modeling Center
      index: 3
    - name: New York University
      index: 4
    - name: University of Utah
      index: 5
date: 25 July 2017
bibliography: paper.bib
---

# Summary
OpenSpace [-@Webpage; @OpenSpace]is an open source interactive data visualization software designed to visualize the entire known universe and portray our ongoing efforts to investigate the cosmos [@Bladin17GlobeBrowsing; @Bock15bOpenSpace].  Bringing the latest techniques from data visualization research to the general public and scientists [@Bock15OpenSpace], OpenSpace supports interactive presentation of dynamic data from observations, simulations, and space mission planning and operations over a large span of sizes [@Bock17DSG].  The software supports multiple operating systems with an extensible architecture powering high resolution tiled displays, planetarium domes, as well as desktop computers.  In addition, OpenSpace enables simultaneous connections across the globe creating opportunity for shared experiences among audiences worldwide.

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