Google Sky
Google looks at the stars! By double-clicking the Galaxy forget going to a planetarium, Google Earth has expanded its services and focused his views of the stars. Sky in Google Earth has started. This new addition to the Earth allows viewers and projectors to see other areas of the universe, ranging light-years from distant galaxies to the constellations and planets. So far, the search engine Google has looked with her program of Earth from outer space to Earth. Now Google turns the telescope: using the program extension sky users can now consider the space, to high resolution images of the space telescope Hubble, animations of moon phases, planet positions up to two months in advance, 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies.
Never before was the road map”of the entire sky so readily available. Anyone who is interested in the exploration of our universe, can see where the objects photographed by Hubble home are actually in the sky”, says Carol Christian, astronomer at the space Telescope Science Institute. The Hochaufgelosten space images are according to the partnership, Google’s NASA partnership and by the Hubble Space Telescope observations. Animations illustrate the history of the phases of the Moon and the position of the planet for two months in advance. Furthermore, the various stages in the life of a star are displayed. You must download the new version of Google Earth, who want to use Google Sky. “Sky” is integrated into the version 4.2 from Google Earth, which is available as a free download available.