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Look to the Skies!
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Thursday, 23-August-2007 20:03:00 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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People are talking about a new feature of Google Earth, called Sky. Like Google Earth, Sky will let users fly around and zoom in, exposing increasingly detailed imagery of some 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies. ... While other programs allow users to explore the skies, they typically combine a mix of representations of stars and galaxies that are overlaid with photographs, Ms. Christian said. "These are really the images of the sky. Everything is real."
It's worth noting that NASA World Wind has had a similar feature for a while, although I don't know how the two compare in detail. Celestia and Stellarium are popular freeware sky exploration programs too.
But back in the real world, remember there's a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday next week which should be visible from Australia, weather permitting. The lunar eclipse will start at about 6.50pm on Tuesday August 28 and by 7.50pm the moon will be totally obscured by the Earth's shadow. At about 9.23pm, the moon will start to reappear, becoming completely visible by about 10.30pm.
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