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Google Sky lands on the web

03.14.08 | Comment?

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Google Sky web page

About a half a year after adding stars, constellations, and all sorts of astronomical data to Google Earth, Google has launched a web based version of Google Sky. The interface is similar to Google Maps. You can drag and drop the sky to see different items, and you can search for locations by typing in terms like ‘Mars,’ or ‘constellation.’

There are also a series of galleries highlighting some of the coolest views gathered from Hubble and other telescopes. You can toggle between naked eye, infrared, microwave, ultraviolet, and x-ray views. Google has also integrated an Earth & Sky podcast directly into the site.

(Via Download Squad.)

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