Google Sky puts on a great show

Software tool great for the public; not perfect for amateur astronomers.

The people at Google, who enabled us to look at our house from space, have now made it possible to look at space from our house. Google Sky, made available free online on Tuesday (downloads at https://earth.google.com), allows users to scan images of the entire night sky — including real images of stars, nebulae and galaxies — and to zoom in for up-close snaps.

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Google Sky puts on a great show

Software tool great for the public; not perfect for amateur astronomers.

The people at Google, who enabled us to look at our house from space, have now made it possible to look at space from our house. Google Sky, made available free online on Tuesday (downloads at https://earth.google.com), allows users to scan images of the entire night sky — including real images of stars, nebulae and galaxies — and to zoom in for up-close snaps.

Read the story here.

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