cmb2sphere
Converts Planck temperature data into a height profile on a sphere. Inspired by ['Cosmic sculpture: a new way to visualise the cosmic microwave background'] 1 by Clements, D. L., S. Sato, and A. Portela Fonseca.
I plan to write about how the process works, how to use the script and how to print the resulting file soon(tm). Feel free to remind me if this notice is still up.
Also forgive some bad stylistic choices, the certainly existing bugs and anything that is wrong with the script. As often in "research" there wasn't enough time to do it right... or maybe I was to lazy to improve it further. :p (We really need a standardized note for this)
Usage
Download https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/Planck/release_2/all-sky-maps/maps/component-maps/cmb/COM_CMB_IQU-commander_1024_R2.02_full.fits and place it in the "data" subdirectory.
License
The script itself is usable under the GPLv3. Please see the COPYING file for details. If there are questions in your jurisdiction, or if the GPLv3 is not clear enough on the point, please consider the resulting mesh files under a CC0 or whatever you like. Effectivly, do what you want with them, but please consider a citation, or other kind of attribution.