Download instructions
Aladin Desktop is the main application of the Aladin Sky Atlas suite. Developed in Java, Aladin Desktop is able to run on any configuration (Windows, Mac, Linux, etc) even on small machines (>128MB RAM). Aladin Desktop is free, distributed under GPL3 licence (see acknowledgement). Download it and install it according to your operating system. Several versions are provided: the official, the beta version, etc, and also some source packages. As any Java tool, Aladin Desktop requires a Java Virtual Machine on your machine.
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1) Click here 2) Follows the instructions... |
with or without Java runtime
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Windows 1) Download the MSI installer (*) 2) Execute it (**) |
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Windows - without Java 1) Download it on your desktop 2) Launch it (**) |
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Linux 1) Download the installer 2) Double-click on it |
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Linux - without Java 1) Download it and untar it 2) Use aladin shell launcher |
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Mac ARM 1) Download the installer (*) 2) Execute it (**) |
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Mac - without Java 1) Download it and untar it 2) Use aladin shell launcher (Ctrl-click + Open With + Terminal) |
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Mac AMD x86 1) Download the installer (*) 2) Execute it (**) |
(*) Multi-platform installer graciously generated by Install4J
(**) It may be necessary to manually authorize this execution via an exception (Windows) or by holding down the Ctrl key during launch (MacOs).
The beta version incorporates new features in test phase for the next official Aladin version. The stability of these features is not totally guaranteed. The beta version is regularly updated following the progress of the Aladin developement team. Contrary to the official Aladin version, Aladin Beta version is not open source, all rights are reserved to the right owner.
New features and performance improvements: