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Google has conquered the Earth…now, on to the universe

August 23, 2007

Google Earth Sky interfaceNot content with simply taking high-resolution satellite photos of every last square inch of the planet, Google has just released a new version of their popular Google Earth software with a stunning new feature: Sky.

Google Sky is a photographic record of the heavens, annotated with astronomical data. You can zoom and pan and spin through the night sky, seeing it from any point on Earth you choose. It’s impressive already, and I can only assume there’s more to come in future revisions. Download the newest version of Google Earth and check it out.

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  • Chris August 23rd, 2007 at 10:46 pm

    There’s another free program called Celestia that some of the educators I work with use frequently. It has full 3D images of the things we’ve mapped and assumed shapes of the rest. Very cool though, Google is definitely amassing a large quantity of really good free products.

  • Matthew August 29th, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    Celestia is really cool, and at this point probably a little more complete than this Google version. Still, if you just want to check out constellations and such from any point on Earth, Google makes it really easy. You know at some point they’ll have a Directions function in there… “1. Leave Earth. 2. Set course for Alpha Centauri using GoogleWarp. 3. Continue for 4.1 light-years. 4. Take the first exit on your right. 5. You have arrived.”

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