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2828to upload and display astronomical images, tables and charts.
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31+ What to expect
32+ ==============
33+
34+ .. raw :: html
35+
36+ <div style =" margin-bottom : 1.15rem ;" >
37+
38+ .. image :: _static/firefly-in-python-flow.png
39+ :alt: Firefly in Python Flow Diagram
40+ :align: center
41+
42+ .. raw :: html
43+
44+ </div >
45+
46+ It's important to note that Firefly visualization in Python notebooks is
47+ **NOT a per-cell chart or widget **, unlike common plotting libraries
48+ such as Plotly or Bokeh.
49+
50+ Under the hood, Firefly is a dedicated web application running at a specific
51+ URL, rather than a plot produced as a notebook cell output.
52+ Your notebook's Python session connects to a Firefly server, either a publicly
53+ hosted instance (such as the `IRSA Viewer `_) or a local server running via Docker _.
54+ Using a server enables advanced, compute-intensive interactivity that is
55+ difficult to support directly within a notebook's UI.
56+
57+ Multiple notebook cells can then send commands to the same Firefly instance,
58+ which manages linked views of images, charts, and tables, similar to an
59+ **interactive dashboard **.
60+
61+ .. _IRSA Viewer : https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/irsaviewer/
62+ .. _Docker : https://hub.docker.com/r/ipac/firefly
63+
64+
3165.. _firefly_client-using :
3266
3367Using firefly_client
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