Google Sky

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Google Sky

URL	google.com/sky
Type of site	Web mapping
Registration	No
Available language(s)	Multilingual
Owner	Google
Created by	Google
Current status	Active

Google Sky is a feature for Google's Google Earth and an online sky/outer space viewer at www.google.com/sky. It shows the sky view made up of a collaboration of Hubble Telescope space photographs. It was created on August 27, 2007.^[1]

Contents 1 Google Earth version 1.1 Layers 2 Website 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] 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.^[2] It is currently facing competition from Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope.^[3]

[edit] Layers

• Welcome to Sky: An introduction to the Sky mode.
• Current Sky Events
  • Earth & Sky Podcasts
  • Hubblecast
  • StarDate by the University of Texas
  • VOEventNET
• Our Solar System: Shows locations, orbits and information of the Solar System.
• Backyard Astronomy: Shows information about constellations and other space sights visible from a backyard telescope.
• Featured Observatories
  • Hubble Showcase
  • Spitzer Infrared Showcase
  • GALEX Ultraviolet Showcase
  • Chandra X-Ray Showcase
  • WMAP Microwave Showcase
  • IRAS Infrared Sky
• Education Center
  • Celestron SkyScout Audio
  • Virtual Tourism
  • User's Guide to Galaxies
  • Life of a Star
• Historical Sky Maps
  • Rumsey Star Maps
  • Hevelius Constellations
• Sky Community: Posted KML files in the Sky forum in the Google Earth Community.

[edit] Website

This section requires expansion.

Google also runs an internet version of Sky, which was created in response to the popularity of the Google Earth application. ^[4]

[edit] See also

• Celestia
• KStars
• SKY-MAP.ORG
• Stellarium
• WorldWide Telescope
• Google Moon
• Google Mars

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website