WikiSky brings sky gazing to the (online) masses, Sort of Google Universe |
WikiSky brings sky gazing to the (online) masses, Sort of Google Universe |
Mar 23 2007, 10:06 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 100 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Oxford, UK (Glasgow by birth) Member No.: 101 |
Saw this and thought some here might enjoy....
From the NewScientist report on it: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/space/ "The site features a map of more than half a billion astronomical objects. You can navigate around it easily by clicking and dragging the map and using a zoom-in/zoom-out sidebar. You can also search on specific objects by name from a database........." The website: http://www.wikisky.org/ Cheers Brian -------------------- "There are 10 types of people in the world - those who understand binary code, and those who don't."
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Mar 23 2007, 10:18 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
That is genius. Need to flip the zoom slider 180 degrees to match google though
Love the way it brings so much data together, fantastic. Doug |
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Mar 26 2007, 04:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 2-March 04 From: Central California Member No.: 45 |
What a great site! That's a keeper for sure. Thanks for the link.
-------------------- Eric P / MizarKey
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