Google is reaching everywhere from Earth to Sky. Now the California web giant, Google is casting its net across the rest of the universe as well. Google has launched a new service, called Sky within Google Earth , which will allow users to view the skies as seen from Earth. Google Sky allows users to fly around and zoom in and expose detailed imagery of around 100 million galaxies and 200 million stars.
US based Google engineers have developed the Google’s new feature Sky in cooperation with scientific group, including the UK Astronomy Technology Centre and the Anglo-Australian Observatory in New South Wales.
Users can access Google Sky by clicking “Switch to Sky” from the “View” menu, or click the Sky button on the Google Earth toolbar. The “steer,” “drag, “zoom” and “search” navigation buttons work just like the terrestrial versions. Users can also save their favorite planets, stars, galaxies, and extraterrestrial hot spots.
Like Google earth, users can zoom in to see their points of interest, including Taurus, Scorpio or Sagittarius, or the black hole NGC 5128. Users can complete the subject by adding photographs and information instead of clicking on third party pop-ups.
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Via: BoingBoing
