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Google Sky
Type of siteWeb mapping
Available inEnglish
OwnerGoogle
Created byGoogle
URLhttp://www.google.com/sky
RegistrationYes, with Google Account

Google Sky is a feature for Google's Google Earth and an online sky/outer space viewer at www.google.com/sky. It was created on August 27, 2007. The application allows users to view a collaboration of images from NASA satellites, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the Hubble Telescope.

It is available on Android and can be used on a smartphone as an augmented reality application.

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. It is mapped with images on the inside of the Google Earth sphere, with the north and south poles lining up with the two poles in Google Sky. As with other planetarium programs, it is viewed from the inside looking out from the center. It is currently facing competition from Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope.

Layers

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. Google Sky Website was launched on March 13, 2008. It's accessible from any web browser and operating system and available in 26 languages (the first Google Maps product to support right-to-left languages). It was coded by Diego Gavinowich, a Latin America Code Jam finalist from Buenos Aires who joined Google for a winter internship, with the help of other engineers on their 20% time.

Features include:

  • Search (recently disabled)
  • Layers
    • Infrared
    • Microwave
    • Historical
  • Galleries highlighting
    • Selected images from Hubble and other telescopes.
    • Chandra X-Ray Showcase
    • GALEX Ultraviolet Showcase
    • Spitzer Infrared Showcase
  • Current planet positions and constellations.
  • Overlays of custom KML content.
  • Earth & Sky podcasts gallery.

See also

References

  1. Julia Layton. "How Google Earth Works". How Stuff Works. Retrieved March 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. Daniel Terdiman (October 15, 2010). "Google Sky, Slooh bringing users live astronomy". CNET Networks. Retrieved March 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. Kevin McLaughlin (May 13, 2008). "Microsoft's Online Telescope Blasts Google Out Of The Sky". CRN Magazine. Retrieved March 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. Elinor Mills (March 13, 2008). "Viewing Google Sky through a browser". CNET Networks. Retrieved March 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. Thomas Claburn (March 13, 2008). "Google Sky Rises Above Google Earth". InformationWeek. Retrieved March 30, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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