diff --git a/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp b/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
index 7b67707..91cd3d6 100644
--- a/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/WindowManager.cpp
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@ void WindowManager::eventLoop()
 				case SDLK_m:
 					eventObservers.front()->keyboardPressEvent(AbstractGraphicsEngine::KeyM);
 					break;
+				case SDLK_u:
+					eventObservers.front()->keyboardPressEvent(AbstractGraphicsEngine::KeyU);
+					break;
+
 				case SDLK_RETURN:
 					toggleFullscreen();
 				default:
diff --git a/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.cpp b/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.cpp
index ebf74bd..a60a8e7 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.cpp
@@ -19,27 +19,54 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "EinsteinS5R3Adapter.h"
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include "filesys.h" 
+
 
 const string EinsteinS5R3Adapter::SharedMemoryIdentifier = "EinsteinHS";
 
+const long EinsteinS5R3Adapter::MAX_RESULT_COUNT = 10000;
+
+
 EinsteinS5R3Adapter::EinsteinS5R3Adapter(BOINCClientAdapter *boincClient)
 {
 	this->boincClient = boincClient;
 
 	m_WUSkyPosRightAscension = 0.0;
 	m_WUSkyPosDeclination = 0.0;
+	m_last_RA = 0.0;
+	m_last_dec = 0.0;
 	m_WUFractionDone = 0.0;
 	m_WUCPUTime = 0.0;
+	m_last_WUCPUTime = 0.0;
+	m_Nresults= 0;
+	m_results = new EinsteinS5R3Result[MAX_RESULT_COUNT];
 }
 
 EinsteinS5R3Adapter::~EinsteinS5R3Adapter()
 {
+	delete [] m_results;
 }
 
 void EinsteinS5R3Adapter::refresh()
 {
+
 	boincClient->refresh();
 	parseApplicationInformation();
+
+	// check that some time has past since last checkpoint file loading	
+	// if data is not loaded yet or marker position has changed
+	// try to load checkpoint_file
+	if( m_Nresults == 0 ||
+		  (m_WUCPUTime - m_last_WUCPUTime) >  60.0  &&  
+                    (m_last_RA != wuSkyPosRightAscension() || m_last_dec != wuSkyPosDeclination())) { 
+			loadCheckpointFile();
+			m_last_WUCPUTime = m_WUCPUTime;
+			m_last_RA = wuSkyPosRightAscension();
+			m_last_dec = wuSkyPosDeclination();
+	}
 }
 
 void EinsteinS5R3Adapter::parseApplicationInformation()
@@ -72,6 +99,49 @@ void EinsteinS5R3Adapter::parseApplicationInformation()
 	}
 }
 
+void EinsteinS5R3Adapter::loadCheckpointFile() {
+	UINT4 counter;
+	int res;
+	string fname("");
+	// look for *.cpt file
+
+	// directory traversal, not entirely portable, tho.
+	DIR *pdir;
+ 	struct dirent *pent;
+
+ 	pdir=opendir("."); //"." refers to the current dir
+	if (!pdir){
+ 		cerr << "opendir() failure;" << endl;
+		closedir(pdir);
+		return;
+ 	}
+
+ 	while ((pent=readdir(pdir))){
+		fname =  pent->d_name;
+		
+		string::size_type pos1 = fname.find("h1_");
+		string::size_type pos2 = fname.rfind(".cpt");
+
+		if(pos1 == 0 && pos2 == fname.length() -4) {			
+			break;
+		} 
+ 	}
+ 	closedir(pdir);
+	
+
+	if(fname != "") {
+		boinc_copy(fname.c_str(),"temp.cpt");
+	}
+	// try copying checkpoint file to tmp file
+	
+
+	// open tmp file and read candidates
+	// plus normalize data 	
+	// and set the current buffer and result nr..
+	res=read_hfs_checkpoint("temp.cpt", &counter);
+	// no error handling, we can't do anything about it anyways
+}
+
 double EinsteinS5R3Adapter::wuSkyPosRightAscension() const
 {
 	return m_WUSkyPosRightAscension;
@@ -91,3 +161,116 @@ double EinsteinS5R3Adapter::wuCPUTime() const
 {
 	return m_WUCPUTime;
 }
+
+long EinsteinS5R3Adapter::copyCandidates(float res [][3] , long n) const 
+{
+	long nr = m_Nresults;
+ 
+	if(n < m_Nresults) {
+	     nr = n;				
+	}
+
+	for (int i=0 ;  i < nr ; i++) {
+		res[i][0]= m_results[i].ra;
+		res[i][1]= m_results[i].dec;
+		res[i][2]= m_results[i].meansig;
+	}
+	return nr;
+}
+
+
+
+int EinsteinS5R3Adapter::read_hfs_checkpoint(const char*filename, UINT4*counter) {
+  FILE*fp;
+  UINT4 len;
+  UINT4 checksum;
+  UINT4 tl_elems;
+  HoughFStatOutputEntry buffer[MAX_RESULT_COUNT];  
+  /* counter should be 0 if we couldn't read a checkpoint */
+  *counter = 0;
+
+  /* try to open file */
+  fp = fopen(filename, "rb");
+  if(!fp) {
+      cerr << "Checkpoint "<< filename << " couldn't be opened\n";
+      return(-1);
+  }
+
+  /* read number of elements */
+  len = fread(&(tl_elems), sizeof(tl_elems), 1, fp);
+  
+
+  if(len != 1) {
+    cerr << "Couldn't read elems from " <<  filename << endl;
+    cerr << "fread() returned " << len << " , length was 1\n";
+    if(fclose(fp))
+      cerr << "In addition: couldn't close "<< filename << endl;
+    return(-1);
+  }
+  /* sanity check */
+  if (tl_elems > MAX_RESULT_COUNT) {
+    cerr << "Number of elements read larger than max length of checkpoint data: " << tl_elems  << " > " << MAX_RESULT_COUNT <<"\n";
+    if(fclose(fp))
+      cerr << "In addition: couldn't close\n";
+    return(-2);
+  }
+
+  /* read data */
+  len = fread(buffer, sizeof(HoughFStatOutputEntry), tl_elems, fp);
+  if(len != tl_elems) {
+    cerr << "Couldn't read data from " << filename << endl;
+    if(fclose(fp))
+      cerr << "In addition: couldn't close " << filename << endl;
+    return(-1);
+  }
+
+  /* read counter */
+  len = fread(counter, sizeof(*counter), 1, fp);
+  if(len != 1) {
+    cerr << "Couldn't read counter from " << filename << endl;
+    cerr << "fread() returned "<< len << ", length was 1\n";
+    if(fclose(fp))
+      cerr << "In addition: couldn't close " <<  filename << endl;
+    return(-1);
+  }
+
+  /* read checksum */
+  len = fread(&checksum, sizeof(checksum), 1, fp);
+  if(len != 1) {
+    cerr << "Couldn't read checksum to " <<  filename << endl;
+    cerr << "fread() returned "<< len << ", length was 1\n";
+    if(fclose(fp))
+      cerr << "In addition: couldn't close "<< filename << endl;
+    return(-1);
+  }
+
+  /* close file */
+  if(fclose(fp)) {
+    cerr << "Couldn't close " <<  filename << endl;
+    return(-1);
+  }
+
+  /* verify checksum */
+  for(len = 0; len < sizeof(tl_elems); len++)
+    checksum -= *(((char*)&(tl_elems)) + len);
+  for(len = 0; len < (tl_elems * sizeof(HoughFStatOutputEntry)); len++)
+    checksum -= *(((char*)buffer) + len);
+  for(len = 0; len < sizeof(*counter); len++)
+    checksum -= *(((char*)counter) + len);
+  if(checksum) {
+    cerr << "Checksum error: "<< checksum << endl;
+    return(-2);
+  }
+
+
+  for(UINT4 i=0 ; i < tl_elems ; i++) {
+	m_results[i].ra = buffer[i].Alpha / PI * 180.0;
+	m_results[i].dec= buffer[i].Delta / PI * 180.0;
+	m_results[i].maxsig = buffer[i].HoughFStat;
+	m_results[i].meansig = (buffer[i].MeanSig) > 0.0 ? buffer[i].MeanSig : 0.0 ; 
+  }
+  m_Nresults= tl_elems;		
+  /* all went well */
+  return(0);
+}
+
diff --git a/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.h b/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.h
index 151e55f..6d46b76 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.h
+++ b/src/starsphere/EinsteinS5R3Adapter.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 #define PI 3.14159265
 
+
 /**
  * \addtogroup starsphere Starsphere
  * @{
@@ -44,9 +45,22 @@ using namespace std;
  * Max-Planck-Institute for Gravitational Physics\n
  * Hannover, Germany
  */
+
+#define UINT4 uint32_t
+
+class EinsteinS5R3Result {
+public:
+	float ra;  // in deg
+	float dec; // in deg
+	float maxsig;
+	float meansig;
+};
+
 class EinsteinS5R3Adapter
 {
 public:
+
+	static const long MAX_RESULT_COUNT;
 	/**
 	 * \brief Constructor
 	 *
@@ -66,37 +80,45 @@ public:
 	 */
 	void refresh();
 
-    /**
+    	/**
 	 * \brief Retrieves the right ascension of the currently searched sky position
 	 *
 	 * \return The right ascension (in degrees)
 	 */
-    double wuSkyPosRightAscension() const;
+    	double wuSkyPosRightAscension() const;
 
-    /**
+    	/**
 	 * \brief Retrieves the declination of the currently searched sky position
 	 *
 	 * \return The right ascension (in degrees)
 	 */
-    double wuSkyPosDeclination() const;
-
-    /**
-     * \brief Retrieves the completion fraction of the currently active work unit
-     *
-     * \return The completion fraction (range 0-1)
-     */
-    double wuFractionDone() const;
-
-    /**
-     * \brief Retrieves the amount of CPU time consumed for the currently active work unit
-     * during the active session
-     *
-     * \return The accumulated CPU time consumed during this work unit session (in seconds)
-     */
-    double wuCPUTime() const;
-
-    /// The identifier of the Einstein\@Home science application's shared memory area
-    static const string SharedMemoryIdentifier;
+    	double wuSkyPosDeclination() const;
+
+    	/**
+    	 * \brief Retrieves the completion fraction of the currently active work unit
+    	 *
+    	 * \return The completion fraction (range 0-1)
+    	 */
+    	double wuFractionDone() const;
+
+    	/**
+    	 * \brief Retrieves the amount of CPU time consumed for the currently active work unit
+    	 * during the active session
+    	 *
+    	 * \return The accumulated CPU time consumed during this work unit session (in seconds)
+    	 */
+    	double wuCPUTime() const;
+
+    	/**
+    	 * \brief copy the candidates read from checkpointfile to array passed as argument,
+    	 *        but at most n elements.
+    	 *
+    	 * \return The actual number of candidates coppied ( >=0, <= n)
+    	 */
+    	long copyCandidates(float res[][3], long n) const;	
+
+    	/// The identifier of the Einstein\@Home science application's shared memory area
+    	static const string SharedMemoryIdentifier;
 
 private:
 
@@ -110,6 +132,20 @@ private:
 	 */
 	void parseApplicationInformation();
 
+	/**
+	 * \brief Load checkpoint file to retrieve current set of candidates
+	 *
+	 * the candidates are stored in a private member buffer
+	 * 
+	 *
+	 */
+
+	void loadCheckpointFile();
+
+
+
+	int read_hfs_checkpoint(const char*filename, UINT4*counter);
+
 	/// Pointer to the (parent) BOINC client adapter
 	BOINCClientAdapter *boincClient;
 
@@ -124,8 +160,36 @@ private:
 
 	/// Amount of CPU time consumed for the work unit during the active session
 	double m_WUCPUTime;
+
+	/// nr of candidates read from che checkpointfile 
+	long m_Nresults;
+
+	/// candidates from checkpoint file
+	EinsteinS5R3Result * m_results ;
+
+	/// Amount of CPU time consumed for the work unit at the time of last checkpoint reading
+	double m_last_WUCPUTime;
+
+	/// Right ascension at the time of last checkpoint reading (in degrees)
+	double m_last_RA;
+
+	/// Declination at the time of last checkpoint reading (in degrees)
+	double m_last_dec;
 };
 
+
+typedef struct {
+  double Freq;		/**< Frequency at maximum (?) of the cluster */
+  double f1dot;		/**< spindown value f1dot = df/dt */
+  double Alpha; 	/**< Skyposition: longitude in equatorial coords, radians */
+  double Delta;		/**< skyposition: latitude */
+  double HoughFStat;	/**< Hough significance */
+  double AlphaBest;      /**< skyposition of best candidate: longitude */
+  double DeltaBest;      /**< skyposition of best candidate: latitude */
+  double MeanSig;        /**< mean of significance values in hough map*/
+  double VarianceSig;    /**< variance of significance values in hough map*/
+} HoughFStatOutputEntry;
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/src/starsphere/Makefile b/src/starsphere/Makefile
index b613bfc..db4c4b3 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/Makefile
+++ b/src/starsphere/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ CPPFLAGS += $(shell $(STARSPHERE_INSTALL)/bin/xml2-config --cflags)
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(STARSPHERE_INSTALL)/include/BOINC -I/usr/include
 
 DEPS = Makefile
-OBJS = Starsphere.o StarsphereS5R3.o StarsphereRadio.o EinsteinS5R3Adapter.o EinsteinRadioAdapter.o starlist.o snr_list.o pulsar_list.o $(RESOURCESPEC).o
+OBJS = Starsphere.o StarsphereS5R3.o StarsphereRadio.o EinsteinS5R3Adapter.o EinsteinRadioAdapter.o starlist.o snr_list.o pulsar_list.o  $(RESOURCESPEC).o
 RESOURCESPEC = resources
 
 # TODO: GraphicsEngineFactory obviously depends on the actual implementations (here starsphere)! need to change the structure! what about plugins?
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ snr_list.o: $(DEPS) $(STARSPHERE_SRC)/snr_list.C
 pulsar_list.o: $(DEPS) $(STARSPHERE_SRC)/pulsar_list.C
 	$(CXX) -g $(CPPFLAGS) -c $(STARSPHERE_SRC)/pulsar_list.C
 
+
 # resource compiler
 $(RESOURCESPEC).o: $(STARSPHERE_SRC)/$(RESOURCESPEC).orc
 	$(STARSPHERE_INSTALL)/bin/orc $(STARSPHERE_SRC)/$(RESOURCESPEC).orc $(RESOURCESPEC).cpp
diff --git a/src/starsphere/Starsphere.cpp b/src/starsphere/Starsphere.cpp
index 8a93220..ebf6347 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/Starsphere.cpp
+++ b/src/starsphere/Starsphere.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Starsphere::Starsphere(string sharedMemoryAreaIdentifier) :
 	m_FontHeader = 0;
 	m_FontText = 0;
 
-	Axes=0, Stars=0, Constellations=0, Pulsars=0;
+	Axes=0, Stars=0, Constellations=0, Pulsars=0, Results=0; 
 	LLOmarker=0, LHOmarker=0, GEOmarker=0, VIRGOmarker=0;
 	sphGrid=0, SNRs=0, SearchMarker=0;
 
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Starsphere::Starsphere(string sharedMemoryAreaIdentifier) :
 	m_CurrentRightAscension = -1.0;
 	m_CurrentDeclination = -1.0;
 	m_RefreshSearchMarker = true;
+
+	Nresults=0;
 }
 
 Starsphere::~Starsphere()
@@ -68,6 +70,7 @@ Starsphere::~Starsphere()
 	if(m_FontLogo2) delete m_FontLogo2;
 	if(m_FontHeader) delete m_FontHeader;
 	if(m_FontText) delete m_FontText;
+
 }
 
 void Starsphere::sphVertex3D(GLfloat RAdeg, GLfloat DEdeg, GLfloat radius)
@@ -100,6 +103,20 @@ void Starsphere::star_marker(float RAdeg, float DEdeg, float size)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Star Marker:
+ * Makes a marker for one star at a given position, angular size and radius
+ */
+void Starsphere::star_marker3D(float RAdeg, float DEdeg, float radius, float size)
+{
+	glPointSize((GLfloat) size);
+	glBegin(GL_POINTS);
+	sphVertex3D((GLfloat) RAdeg, (GLfloat) DEdeg, (GLfloat) (radius*sphRadius));
+	glEnd();
+	return;
+}
+
+
+/**
  *  Create Stars: markers for each star
  */
 void Starsphere::make_stars()
@@ -141,6 +158,55 @@ void Starsphere::make_stars()
 	glEndList();
 }
 
+void Starsphere::make_results() 
+{
+	GLfloat mag_size=2.0;
+	int i;
+	float r,g,b;
+	float min_r, max_r; 
+        // default values for max significance metric
+	resultMetricDefaults(min_r,max_r);
+
+	
+	// delete existing, create new (required for windoze)
+	if(Results) glDeleteLists(Results, 1);
+	Results = glGenLists(1);
+	glNewList(Results, GL_COMPILE);
+
+
+		for (i=0; i < Nresults; i++) {
+			float radius=result_info[i][2];
+			if (radius < min_r) {
+				min_r=radius;
+			}
+			if (radius > max_r) {
+				max_r=radius;		
+			}
+		}
+		
+		if (min_r==max_r) min_r=max_r-1.0; 
+ 			
+		for (i=0; i < Nresults; i++) {
+
+			float radius=result_info[i][2];
+
+			float norm_radius = (radius - min_r) / (max_r-min_r);
+			int   color_bin = (int) (255.0 * (1.0 - norm_radius));
+
+			if (color_bin < 0) color_bin=0;
+			if (color_bin > 255) color_bin = 255;
+
+			r = rainbow_colormap[color_bin][0];
+			g = rainbow_colormap[color_bin][1];
+			b = rainbow_colormap[color_bin][2];
+			glColor3f(r, g, b);
+			star_marker3D(result_info[i][0], result_info[i][1],norm_radius ,mag_size);
+		}
+	glEndList();
+}
+
+
+
 /**
  *  Pulsar Markers:
  */
@@ -577,9 +643,22 @@ void Starsphere::make_globe()
 	glEndList();
 }
 
+
+/**
+ * result metric info
+ * can be overwritten 
+ */
+
+
+void Starsphere::resultMetricDefaults(float & min_default, float & max_default) {
+	min_default= 0.0;
+	max_default= 1.0;
+
+}
 /**
  * Window resize/remap
  */
+
 void Starsphere::resize(const int width, const int height)
 {
 	// store current settings
@@ -622,6 +701,7 @@ void Starsphere::initialize(const int width, const int height, const Resource *f
 		setFeature(STARS, true);
 		setFeature(CONSTELLATIONS, true);
 		setFeature(PULSARS, true);
+		setFeature(RESULTS, true);
 		setFeature(SNRS, true);
 		setFeature(OBSERVATORIES, true);
 		setFeature(SEARCHINFO, true);
@@ -727,6 +807,7 @@ void Starsphere::initialize(const int width, const int height, const Resource *f
 	make_stars();
 	make_constellations();
 	make_pulsars();
+	make_results();
 	make_snrs();
 	make_axes();
 	make_globe();
@@ -798,12 +879,13 @@ void Starsphere::render(const double timeOfDay)
 	glPushMatrix();
 	glRotatef(Zrot - rotation_offset, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
 
-	// stars, pulsars, supernovae, grid
+	// stars, pulsars, supernovae, grid, results
 	if (isFeature(STARS))			glCallList(Stars);
 	if (isFeature(PULSARS))			glCallList(Pulsars);
 	if (isFeature(SNRS))			glCallList(SNRs);
 	if (isFeature(CONSTELLATIONS))	glCallList(Constellations);
 	if (isFeature(GLOBE))			glCallList(sphGrid);
+	if (isFeature(RESULTS))			glCallList(Results);
 
 	// observatories move an extra 15 degrees/hr since they were drawn
 	if (isFeature(OBSERVATORIES)) {
@@ -823,12 +905,21 @@ void Starsphere::render(const double timeOfDay)
 		if(m_RefreshSearchMarker) {
 			make_search_marker(m_CurrentRightAscension, m_CurrentDeclination, 0.5);
 			m_RefreshSearchMarker = false;
+			m_RefreshResults=true;
 		}
 		else {
 			glCallList(SearchMarker);
 		}
 	}
 
+	if(isFeature(RESULTS)) {
+		if(m_RefreshResults) {
+			make_results();
+			m_RefreshResults=false;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	glPopMatrix();
 
 	// draw 2D vectorized HUD
@@ -911,6 +1002,9 @@ void Starsphere::keyboardPressEvent(const AbstractGraphicsEngine::KeyBoardKey ke
 		case KeyP:
 			setFeature(PULSARS, isFeature(PULSARS) ? false : true);
 			break;
+		case KeyU:
+			setFeature(RESULTS, isFeature(RESULTS) ? false : true);
+			break;			
 		case KeyR:
 			setFeature(SNRS, isFeature(SNRS) ? false : true);
 			break;
@@ -998,3 +1092,261 @@ void Starsphere::refreshLocalBOINCInformation()
 	m_UserRACredit = buffer.str();
 	buffer.str("");
 }
+float Starsphere::rainbow_colormap [][3] = {
+{ 1.000000f , 0.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.009804f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.019608f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.029412f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.039216f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.049020f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.058824f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.068627f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.078431f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.088235f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.098039f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.107843f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.117647f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.127451f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.137255f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.147059f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.156863f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.166667f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.176471f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.186275f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.196078f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.205882f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.215686f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.225490f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.235294f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.245098f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.254902f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.264706f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.274510f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.284314f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.294118f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.303922f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.313725f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.323529f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.333333f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.343137f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.352941f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.362745f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.372549f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.382353f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.392157f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.401961f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.411765f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.421569f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.431373f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.441176f , 0.000000f }, 
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+{ 1.000000f , 0.460784f , 0.000000f }, 
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+{ 1.000000f , 0.480392f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.490196f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.500000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.509804f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.519608f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.529412f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.539216f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.549020f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.558824f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.568627f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.578431f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.588235f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.598039f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.607843f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.617647f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.627451f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.637255f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.647059f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.656863f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.666667f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.676471f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.686275f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.696078f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.705882f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.715686f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.725490f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.735294f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.745098f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.754902f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.764706f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.774510f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.784314f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.794118f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.803922f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.813725f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.823529f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.833333f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.843137f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.852941f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.862745f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.872549f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.882353f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.892157f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.901961f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.911765f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.921569f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.931373f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.941176f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.950980f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.960784f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.970588f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.980392f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 0.990196f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 1.000000f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.980392f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.960784f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.941176f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.921569f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.901961f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.882353f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.862745f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.843137f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.823529f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.803922f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.784314f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.764706f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.745098f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.725490f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.705882f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.686275f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.666667f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.647059f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.627451f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.607843f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.588235f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.568627f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.549020f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.529412f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.509804f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.490196f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.470588f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.450980f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.431373f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.411765f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.392157f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.372549f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.352941f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.333333f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.313725f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.294118f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.274510f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.254902f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.235294f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.215686f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.196078f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.176471f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.156863f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.137255f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.117647f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.098039f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.078431f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.058824f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.039216f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.019608f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 1.000000f , 0.000000f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.980392f , 0.019608f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.960784f , 0.039216f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.941176f , 0.058824f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.921569f , 0.078431f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.901961f , 0.098039f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.882353f , 0.117647f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.862745f , 0.137255f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.843137f , 0.156863f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.823529f , 0.176471f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.803922f , 0.196078f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.784314f , 0.215686f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.764706f , 0.235294f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.745098f , 0.254902f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.725490f , 0.274510f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.705882f , 0.294118f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.686275f , 0.313725f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.666667f , 0.333333f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.647059f , 0.352941f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.627451f , 0.372549f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.607843f , 0.392157f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.588235f , 0.411765f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.568627f , 0.431373f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.549020f , 0.450980f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.529412f , 0.470588f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.509804f , 0.490196f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.490196f , 0.509804f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.470588f , 0.529412f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.450980f , 0.549020f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.431373f , 0.568627f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.411765f , 0.588235f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.392157f , 0.607843f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.372549f , 0.627451f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.352941f , 0.647059f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.333333f , 0.666667f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.313725f , 0.686275f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.294118f , 0.705882f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.274510f , 0.725490f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.254902f , 0.745098f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.235294f , 0.764706f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.215686f , 0.784314f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.196078f , 0.803922f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.176471f , 0.823529f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.156863f , 0.843137f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.137255f , 0.862745f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.117647f , 0.882353f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.098039f , 0.901961f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.078431f , 0.921569f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.058824f , 0.941176f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.039216f , 0.960784f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.019608f , 0.980392f }, 
+{ 0.000000f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.013072f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.026144f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.039216f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.052288f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.065359f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.078431f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.091503f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.104575f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.117647f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.130719f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.143791f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.156863f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.169935f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.183007f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.196078f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.209150f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.222222f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.235294f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.248366f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.261438f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.274510f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.287582f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.300654f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.313725f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.326797f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.339869f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.352941f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.366013f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.379085f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.392157f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.405229f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.418301f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.431373f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.444444f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.457516f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.470588f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.483660f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.496732f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.509804f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.522876f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.535948f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.549020f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.562092f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.575163f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.588235f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.601307f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.614379f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.627451f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.640523f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.653595f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }, 
+{ 0.666667f , 0.000000f , 1.000000f }
+};
diff --git a/src/starsphere/Starsphere.h b/src/starsphere/Starsphere.h
index 7e73625..5ccee64 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/Starsphere.h
+++ b/src/starsphere/Starsphere.h
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 // needed to find OpenGL 1.4 prototypes in glext.h (alternatives?)
 #define GL_GLEXT_PROTOTYPES
 
+#define MAX_RESULT_COUNT 10000
+
 using namespace std;
 
 /**
@@ -109,11 +111,22 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual void resize(const int width, const int height);
 
+
+	/**
+	 * \brief This method is used to get an idea about the range of result metric values
+	 *
+	 * \param min_default (out) default minimum of result metric 
+	 * \param max_default (out) default maximum of result metric
+	 */
+	virtual void resultMetricDefaults(float & min_default, float & max_default);
+
+
 	/**
 	 * \brief This method renders one frame of the animation
 	 *
 	 * \param timeOfDay The current time (e.g. BOINC's dtime(), used for time-based rendering evolution)
 	 */
+
 	void render(const double timeOfDay);
 
 	/**
@@ -227,7 +240,8 @@ protected:
 		AXES = 128,
 		SEARCHINFO = 256,
 		LOGO = 512,
-		MARKER = 1024
+		MARKER = 1024,
+		RESULTS = 2048
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -359,6 +373,16 @@ protected:
 	/// Refresh indicator when the search marker (gunsight) coordinates changed
 	bool m_RefreshSearchMarker;
 
+	/// Refresh Results
+	bool m_RefreshResults;
+
+
+	/// Result (Candiate) coordinates and 'score' 
+	float result_info[MAX_RESULT_COUNT][3];
+
+	/// nr of candidate results
+	int Nresults;
+
 private:
 	/// Generate OpenGL display list for stars
 	void make_stars();
@@ -366,6 +390,9 @@ private:
 	/// Generate OpenGL display list for pulsars
 	void make_pulsars();
 
+	/// Generate OpenGL display list for results
+	void make_results();
+
 	/// Generate OpenGL display list for SNRs
 	void make_snrs();
 
@@ -396,9 +423,21 @@ private:
 	 */
 	void star_marker(float RAdeg, float DEdeg, float size);
 
+	/**
+	 * \brief Generate a single star vertex with radius
+	 *
+	 * \param RAdeg Right ascension in degrees
+	 * \param DEdeg Declination in degrees
+	 * \param radius radius as fraction of sphere radius
+	 * \param size Point size of the star
+	 */
+	void star_marker3D(float RAdeg, float DEdeg, float radius, float size);
+
+	/// rainbow-like color map (RGB)
+	static float rainbow_colormap [][3];
 
 	/// Feature display list ID's
-	GLuint Axes, Stars, Constellations, Pulsars, SNRs;
+	GLuint Axes, Stars, Constellations, Pulsars, SNRs, Results;
 
 	/// Feature display list ID's
 	GLuint LLOmarker, LHOmarker, GEOmarker, VIRGOmarker;
@@ -463,6 +502,9 @@ private:
 	 * \see Starsphere::mouseMoveEvent()
 	 */
 	void zoomSphere(const int relativeZoom);
+
+
+
 };
 
 /// Constellation & star coordinates (starlist.C)
@@ -474,6 +516,9 @@ extern int Nstars;
 /// Pulsar coordinates are (pulsar_list.C)
 extern float pulsar_info[][2];
 
+/// Result (Candiate) coordinates and 'score' 
+extern float result_info[][3];
+
 /// Total number of pulsars
 extern int Npulsars;
 
@@ -483,6 +528,7 @@ extern float SNR_info[][2];
 /// Total number of SNRs
 extern int NSNRs;
 
+
 /**
  * @}
  */
diff --git a/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.cpp b/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.cpp
index e93e332..223ee2a 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.cpp
+++ b/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "StarsphereS5R3.h"
-
 #include <time.h>
 
 StarsphereS5R3::StarsphereS5R3() :
@@ -81,6 +80,12 @@ void StarsphereS5R3::initialize(const int width, const int height, const Resourc
 	generateObservatories(1.0);
 }
 
+
+void StarsphereS5R3::resultMetricDefaults(float & min_default, float & max_default) {
+	min_default= -0.5;
+	max_default= 1.25;
+}
+
 void StarsphereS5R3::resize(const int width, const int height)
 {
 	Starsphere::resize(width, height);
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ void StarsphereS5R3::resize(const int width, const int height)
 
 void StarsphereS5R3::refreshBOINCInformation()
 {
+	bool refresh_results = false;
 	// call base class implementation
 	Starsphere::refreshLocalBOINCInformation();
 
@@ -111,8 +117,9 @@ void StarsphereS5R3::refreshBOINCInformation()
 		m_CurrentRightAscension = m_EinsteinAdapter.wuSkyPosRightAscension();
 		m_RefreshSearchMarker = true;
 		buffer.str("");
-		buffer << "Ascension: " << fixed << m_CurrentRightAscension << " deg" << ends;
+		buffer << "RA: " << fixed << m_CurrentRightAscension << " deg" << ends;
 		m_WUSkyPosRightAscension = buffer.str();
+		refresh_results=true;
 	}
 
 	if(m_CurrentDeclination != m_EinsteinAdapter.wuSkyPosDeclination()) {
@@ -120,8 +127,13 @@ void StarsphereS5R3::refreshBOINCInformation()
 		m_CurrentDeclination = m_EinsteinAdapter.wuSkyPosDeclination();
 		m_RefreshSearchMarker = true;
 		buffer.str("");
-		buffer << "Declination: " << fixed << m_CurrentDeclination << " deg" << ends;
+		buffer << "dec: " << fixed << m_CurrentDeclination << " deg" << ends;
 		m_WUSkyPosDeclination = buffer.str();
+		refresh_results=true;
+	}
+
+	if(refresh_results) {
+		Nresults=m_EinsteinAdapter.copyCandidates(result_info, MAX_RESULT_COUNT);
 	}
 
 	buffer.str("");
diff --git a/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.h b/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.h
index 915dba5..e43f303 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.h
+++ b/src/starsphere/StarsphereS5R3.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "Starsphere.h"
 #include "EinsteinS5R3Adapter.h"
 
+
+
 using namespace std;
 
 /**
@@ -81,6 +83,18 @@ public:
 	void resize(const int width, const int height);
 
 	/**
+	 * \brief This method is called to get a default range for the result metric
+	 *
+	 * this method overrides its parent's implementation,
+	 *
+	 * \param width The new width of the display surface
+	 * \param height The new height of the display surface
+	 */
+
+	virtual void resultMetricDefaults(float & min_default, float & max_default);
+
+
+	/**
 	 * \brief This method is called when the BOINC client information should be updated
 	 *
 	 * This method implements AbstractGraphicsEngine::refreshBOINCInformation() and calls