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Google Earth goes skyward
Our sister blog Download Squad pointed to the updated Google Earth today dubbed 'Google Earth Sky', because in the newest version you can look up. Not content to cover everyone on the ground, our Google overlords have turned their eye to the sky, and you can now search through galaxies, nebulas, and stars to your heart's content.
And you can do it all on the Mac from day one, which is pretty nice (you couldn't say the same about the original Google Earth). In terms of functionality, the program seems really similar to Celestia, also available on the Mac, just in case your astronomical needs aren't met by "Google Sky." And don't forget-- if your mapping needs run a little closer to home than, you know, light years away, moon.google.com is still open for business in the browser of your choice. Wonder why they didn't add that to the iPhone as well...
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Ethan Fortes said 4:44PM on 8-22-2007
Overkill.
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aptenergy said 4:44PM on 8-22-2007
I would also point out Stellarium (http://www.stellarium.org/).
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MxSix said 5:02PM on 8-22-2007
Haha, I love how on moon.google.com when you zoom all the way in, you see cheese. Classic.
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spyker said 7:14PM on 8-22-2007
Sweet, I'll go update it now!
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Reg Muffet said 9:07PM on 8-22-2007
> "if your mapping needs run a little closer to home than, you know, light years away, moon.google.com is still open for business"
The moon is far, far less than a light year away.
Try about 1.28 light seconds.
That's why we didn't have to wait a few years to hear Armstrong say "one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Mars is about 20 mins away. Makes programming the rover difficult, but Erica could do it.
> "Wonder why they didn't add that to the iPhone as well..."
It's on Steve's, for when he visits his home planet.
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Johnny Appleseed said 10:35AM on 8-23-2007
Just in time For Virgin Galactic's launch, Google sky. Incase you get lost up there.
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Dave C said 10:43AM on 8-23-2007
Google needs to update Google Earth before it starts creating all this other crap. According to Google Earth, there has been a car turning off my street since the day Google Earth launched! WTF! Turn already! (BTW, the car has turned)
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