Sky into the screen – Google Sky

Web browsers can bring the sky to your screen. What was once the extension of the Google earth is now accessible through all the web browsers! It was quite logical for Ars Technica to do this due to the interface of the Google Sky was as same as Google Maps, with the all the views of the spectrum. The interesting and fascinating sights are explained in the recent release of Google sky. It said, “Visible light only shows us a small picture of the entire universe; non-visible spectra such as ultraviolet (UV), infrared and X-ray hold a whole other world of information. Here is where Google Sky becomes very cool. There are three more sections that highlight fantastic images from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the GALEX Evolution Explorer (UV), and the Spitzer Space Telescope (IR). What makes these very cool is that under each selected body there is a slider that will change the displayed image back and forth between the visible and invisible spectrum.”

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