Google Sky Released

[Ian]

Google have released another excellent free tool, this time a mapping service based on space! You can browse the sky from your own PC without the need to download any software.

Sky was created by Google's Pittsburgh engineering team by stitching together imagery from numerous scientific third parties including the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), the Digital Sky Survey Consortium (DSSC), CalTech's Palomar Observatory, the United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC), and the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO). The initiative was born out of the University of Washington's participation in the Google Visiting Faculty Program, which makes it possible for leading academic researchers to visit Google for 6-12 month periods.

Pan and zoom through galaxys, nebulae and planets with your mouse, or take a look at some of the top images via the built in browser. You can even view infra-red or microwave views.

To find out more, take a look at the Google Sky website.

 

[vaio]

Nice

 

[guest_9323wk]

It's Cool

 

[Taffycat]

Super website