Upcoming astronomical surveys produce imagery that spans many orders of magnitude in spatial scale, requiring scientists to reason fluidly between global structure and local detail. Data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory exemplifies this challenge, as traditional desktop-based workflows often rely on discrete views or static cutouts that fragment context during exploration. This paper presents a design-oriented framework for scale-aware navigation of astronomical survey imagery in high-resolution immersive display environments. We illustrate these principles through representative usage scenarios using Vera Rubin Observatory and Milky Way survey imagery deployed in room-scale immersive environments, including tiled high-resolution displays and curved immersive systems. Our goal is to contribute design insights that inform the development of immersive interaction paradigms for exploratory analysis of extreme-scale scientific imagery.

翻译：即将开展的天文巡天观测将产生空间尺度跨越多个数量级的影像数据，这要求科研人员能够在全局结构与局部细节之间进行流畅的推理。以薇拉·C·鲁宾天文台的数据为例，传统基于桌面的工作流程通常依赖离散视图或静态截取图，在探索过程中易导致上下文信息割裂。本文提出一种面向设计的高分辨率沉浸式显示环境下天文巡天影像尺度感知导航框架。我们通过薇拉·鲁宾天文台及银河系巡天影像在房间尺度沉浸式环境（包括拼接高分辨率显示系统与曲面沉浸式系统）中的典型应用场景，具体阐释了这些设计原则。本研究旨在为极端尺度科学影像探索性分析的沉浸式交互范式开发提供设计见解。