Google Sky
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| URL | google.com/sky |
|---|---|
| Type of site | Web mapping |
| Registration | No |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual |
| Owner | |
| Created by | |
| Current status | Active |
Google Sky is a feature for Google's Google Earth and an online sky/outer space viewer at www.google.com/sky. It shows the sky view made up of a collaboration of Hubble Telescope space photographs. It was created on August 27, 2007.[1]
Google Earth version
The first Google Sky version to be created was on the virtual globe program called Google Earth. It features a number of layers, similar to the earth mode.[2] It is currently facing competition from Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope.[3]
Layers
- Welcome to Sky: An introduction to the Sky mode.
- Current Sky Events
- Earth & Sky Podcasts
- Hubblecast
- StarDate by the University of Texas
- VOEventNET
- Our Solar System: Shows locations, orbits and information of the Solar System.
- Backyard Astronomy: Shows information about constellations and other space sights visible from a backyard telescope.
- Featured Observatories
- Hubble Showcase
- Spitzer Infrared Showcase
- GALEX Ultraviolet Showcase
- Chandra X-Ray Showcase
- WMAP Microwave Showcase
- IRAS Infrared Sky
- Education Center
- Celestron SkyScout Audio
- Virtual Tourism
- User's Guide to Galaxies
- Life of a Star
- Historical Sky Maps
- Rumsey Star Maps
- Hevelius Constellations
- Sky Community: Posted KML files in the Sky forum in the Google Earth Community.
Website
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Google also runs an internet version of Sky, which was created in response to the popularity of the Google Earth application. [4]
See also
- Celestia
- KStars
- SKY-MAP.ORG
- Stellarium
- WorldWide Telescope
- Google Moon
- Google Mars
