Comments on: Google Sky http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:26:38 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: NASA Dude http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-121687 NASA Dude Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:39:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-121687 The software is called Stellarium not Solarium, and it is great. I just wanted to correct the comment b/c I found this page via Google and had a hard time finding the correct site. So this is for those who might mispell the software the same way Aaron and I did. The software is called Stellarium not Solarium, and it is great. I just wanted to correct the comment b/c I found this page via Google and had a hard time finding the correct site. So this is for those who might mispell the software the same way Aaron and I did.

]]> By: mp3 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-97887 mp3 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:50:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-97887 What I’d like to see is “3D Sky” (move through the universe) or even “4D Sky” (move through time as well). What I’d like to see is “3D Sky” (move through the universe) or even “4D Sky” (move through time as well).

]]> By: Sneezy Melon http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-46690 Sneezy Melon Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:41:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-46690 Google Sky is a charming addition to Google's league of mapping web apps. Integration with Google Earth just made it all better. Here is some more info - http://redspinach.blogspot.com/2008/03/google-sky-astro-gaze-through-your.html Google Sky is a charming addition to Google’s league of mapping web apps. Integration with Google Earth just made it all better. Here is some more info -

http://redspinach.blogspot.com/2008/03/google-sky-astro-gaze-through-your.html

]]> By: Acomplia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-46613 Acomplia Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:39:01 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-46613 What I’d like to see is “3D Sky” (move through the universe) or even “4D Sky” (move through time as well). What I’d like to see is “3D Sky” (move through the universe) or even “4D Sky” (move through time as well).

]]> By: Cialis http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-46689 Cialis Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:04:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-46689 […] You can indeed add images using open source software, but stay tuned to the Space Telescope website[…] […] You can indeed add images using open source software, but stay tuned to the Space Telescope website[…]

]]> By: Carol Christian http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-46688 Carol Christian Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:43:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-46688 Interesting comments. First, many of the software programs you state, do not have actual sky data in them. They are, like planetarium data, a representation of the sky taken from catalog data or fabricated. Sky in Google Earth has real astronomical data. It took several years to obtain the SLOAN data and the Digitized Sky survey occurred only once. Earth Scientists have all kinds of orbiting satellites. Landsat has been taking data of the planet for 30 years. Give us 30 years of continuous sky coverage with fleets of satellites and we will be able to bring you the same sort of nearly perfect sky data as you see on earth. OR.... use simulated data like the other programs if pretty is all you want. Hubble cannot possibly cover the sky at its native resolution even ONE TIME in 30 years. We have an angular sky scale offered by my group at Space Telescope. You can indeed add images using open source software, but stay tuned to the Space Telescope website, we will have something easy for you to use soon. Interesting comments.

First, many of the software programs you state, do not have actual sky data in them. They are, like planetarium data, a representation of the sky taken from catalog data or fabricated. Sky in Google Earth has real astronomical data. It took several years to obtain the SLOAN data and the Digitized Sky survey occurred only once.

Earth Scientists have all kinds of orbiting satellites. Landsat has been taking data of the planet for 30 years. Give us 30 years of continuous sky coverage with fleets of satellites and we will be able to bring you the same sort of nearly perfect sky data as you see on earth. OR…. use simulated data like the other programs if pretty is all you want. Hubble cannot possibly cover the sky at its native resolution even ONE TIME in 30 years.

We have an angular sky scale offered by my group at Space Telescope.
You can indeed add images using open source software, but stay tuned to the Space Telescope website, we will have something easy for you to use soon.

]]> By: Aaron http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/comment-page-2/#comment-46687 Aaron Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:50:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/08/22/google-sky/#comment-46687 If you want a good interactive surface mapping program, use Google Earth, but if you want a good sky/space mapping, stick to software that is made to deal with its innate complexities like Solarium and Celestia. If you want a good interactive surface mapping program, use Google Earth, but if you want a good sky/space mapping, stick to software that is made to deal with its innate complexities like Solarium and Celestia.

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