Google Sky
Aug 23rd, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Google, TechnologyHeavens above, now Google reaches for the stars
FIRST it conquered the world. Now it has captured the universe.
The internet giant that created Google Earth, allowing office workers to waste countless hours spying on almost any point on the planet from their desks, has launched a celestial version.
Sky in Google Earth allows viewers to zap across the cosmos at warp speed, zooming in on 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies, as well as the paths of the planets.
The New York Times reported yesterday that Sky uses more than a million images from observatories around the world.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
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