gHacks technology news » astronomy http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:56:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Google Earth adds the Skyhttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/24/google-earth-adds-the-sky/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/24/google-earth-adds-the-sky/#comments Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:12:52 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/24/google-earth-adds-the-sky/ Google Earth is a interesting application not only for geographers but also for everyone else who is interested in the earth. All the addons that are available for it make it a great experience to learn more about the earth. The sky is the limit, that’s what Google probably thought when they decided to add the Sky – that’s the blue thingy above your head with all the shiny stars – to Google Earth.

The software is still called Google Earth but offers a button that takes you to the sky where you can zoom into stars and galaxies, display additional information such as constellations. Images from the Hubble space telescope are visible and enriched with further explanations of what you are actually seeing when looking at them.

Take a look at the video below to see a short demonstration of some of the features of Google Earth Sky.. They should probably think about a new name for this one.

download: Google Earth

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2007/08/24/google-earth-adds-the-sky/feed/ 1 Stellarium your own free planetariumhttp://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/24/stellarium-your-own-free-planetarium/ http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/24/stellarium-your-own-free-planetarium/#comments Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:25:10 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/12/24/stellarium-your-own-free-planetarium/ Men has been looking to the stars from the beginning of the world and this tradition is still visible in our modern world,  although for slightly changed reasons. After the download of Stellarium finishes (Windows, Mac and Linux version available) you may startup the application to take a first look at the stars. I took a look from Paris, not sure if this is the default for everyone though. The name of the stars that I was able to spot were shown in the 360° landscape.

stellarium planetarium stellarium planetarium

You may change the location from where you are looking at the sky to almost any place on earth. Switching to the United States for instance changed the beautiful morning in Paris to a great view of the nightsky in that region of the world. Additional information like Nebulas, grids and constellations can be added to the view.

Stellarium is a fantastic application that teaches about the stars on the one hand and displays beautiful images on the other hand. Great for everyone with even a slight interested in astronomy.

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