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Google Sky. Uri Robinson CSC 495 October 12 th , 2007. Presentation Order. What Is Google Sky? Who Uses It? How Does It Work? Why Use Google Sky ? Not The First Time Competitors ? Recap. What Is Google Sky?. A sky tool in Google Earth for viewing stars and astronomical images - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Google SkyUri Robinson
CSC 495October 12th, 2007
Presentation OrderWhat Is Google Sky?Who Uses It?How Does It Work?Why Use Google Sky?Not The First TimeCompetitors?Recap
What Is Google Sky?A sky tool in Google Earth for viewing stars and
astronomical imagesReleased August 27th, 2007Produced by Google through a partnership with the
Space Telescope Science InstituteAn application for computer users to look at the
universe with the click of a mouse
YouTube Video On Google Sky
Who Uses It?Educational PersonalUniversitiesGovernmentTeachersStudents
ChildrenParentsAstronomy
Enthusiasts
How Does It Work?Google Sky is made up of stitched
photographs of the heavens pieced together to make one giant navigation able database of the universe.
Basically, pictures are taken from a high-powered telescope and placed in a database which are then uploaded when using Google Earth in Sky mode
Why Use Google Sky?An awe-inspiring look of the universeOne of the unique features of Google Sky is
that you can plug in your address and the program shows you what the sky above your home looks like
You can bookmark constellations, rotate the whole sky and zoom in to see details of black holes and stars
Not The First TimeGoogle Sky isn’t the first time Google has
ventured into spaceGoogle Mars – www.google.com/mars/
(March 06)Google Moon – www.google.com/moon/
(August 06)Both services use data from the US Space
Agency NASA (signed agreement in December 06)
CompetitorsStellarium
Free open source tool that gives people a chance to access more than a million stars, in addition to planets and moons
Created by Fabien ChereauStarry Night
A widget for Apple Mac users that allows them to see the night sky from and location on Earth
Created by Imaginova
Competitors – Part 2The Sky (Software Bisque)Celestia (Open Source)SkyTools (SkyHound Software)VIRTUAL OBSERVATORY (The Deadly
Microsoft)“Expected to be very similar to Google Sky”
RecapA sky tool in Google Earth for viewing stars
and astronomical imagesUsed by universities, government, children,
parentsGoogle Sky is made up of stitched
photographs of the heavens pieced together to make one giant navigation able database of the universe.
An awe-inspiring look of the universe (w/ Google)
Google Moon and Google MarsEventual competitor will be Microsoft
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Ayase, JapanStellarium
Location of PlanetsStellarium
Atacama Desert, ChileStellarium
EarthCelestia
The 1989 flyby of Neptune by Voyager 2
Last stop before leaving the solar system.
Celestia
Orbits of a number of main belt asteroids (Brown)
Major Planet Orbits (Blue).Celestia
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