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+# Cubehelix for Max
+By Théophile Clet - 2021-05-13
+https://tflcl.xyz
+
+Original work and js code by Dave Green
+http://www.mrao.cam.ac.uk/~dag/CUBEHELIX
+
+Green, D. A., 2011, `A colour scheme for the display of astronomical intensity images', Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, 39, 289.
+http://astron-soc.in/bulletin/11June/289392011.pdf