Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off

AP ^ | May 13

[Aristotelian]

SEATTLE (AP) — Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.

WorldWide Telescope, developed by Microsoft's research arm, knits together images from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and others.

Computer users can browse through the galaxy on their own or take guided tours of different outer-space destinations developed by astronomers and academics.

The site lets users choose from a number of different telescopes and switch between different light wavelengths.

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org

[Domandred]

Thanks for the linkage. I’ve been using Starry Night for years but always looking for new software :). Didn’t know there was an open source one out there.

[MikeD]

No telescope has the technology to see the base of the moon landers. However, once the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is launched, some of its cameras should be able to distinguish the moon landers from the surrounding soil.

Side benefit of working on LRO — I can finally spell “reconnaissance” without looking it up...

[tang-soo]

LOL!