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- ChromaVita, on 10/10/2007, -0/+40I can't wait until the daytime version! I can finally look directly into the sun!
- corevette, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26i find this new feature a lot cooler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjwr7lUruvw&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Egearthblog%2Ecom%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F08%2Fnew%5Fphoto%5Fviewer%5Fwit%2Ehtml
- Krumm, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24What's this "Outside" you speak of? And what resolution is it in?
- SilentJay74, on 10/10/2007, -5/+24Look sweetheart! I can see Uranus!
- Trention, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19Front page: http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Earth_Heads_For_The_Stars
- TeamoSupremo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17I thought it was changed to Urectum?
- satx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Or you can go outside and look up.
- NinjaBoy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Lazy ass.
- FullMetalMonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Its like going to a Planetarium, only on your computer!!!
- natjo1986, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Stellarium is a good alternative.
- RichardBatemans, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6In fact, Stellarium is a much better alternative. For starters, it doesn't get the constellations wrong! I mean, just look at Ursa Major or Cassiopeia in Google Sky. I very disappointed with Google.
- ncdave101, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Which really doesn't work all that well if you're living in an area with significant light pollution.
Sad, really. - sportbikepilot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4find the Borg Cube! search for "HD 32820" then pan out a little, then pan south... big green cube
- myfanwy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4fantastic, now i can watch the cricket without faffing around getting a dish, subscription and so on......oh, that sky. right
- Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Next Google services will be:
Google Universe
Google Ocean
Google Innerspace
Google Sub-Atomic Realm
Google Body
Google Animal Kingdom
Skynet - QuiescentWonder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3You know, Nasa Worldwind has had this feature for a long time.
- bakkouz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4What a coincidence. This story has already been submitted and frontpaged.
- gyphie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I've always liked Celestia (http://www.shatters.net/celestia/)
- KibibyteBrain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Google has now started its indexing conquest beyond the Earth...just wait until they start to index the surface topography of space-time!
- hmunkey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Google is kick-ass. Had to say it.
- geneticlemon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3More like, "We don't have any money whatsoever, so we have to make colored copies out of our own pockets to keep the observatory running because our school doesn't give a rat's ass about the 112 year old building with the 115 year old (worth $2000) telescope in it." And, no, we would not sell the telescope to make a budget for our program ...
- guinpen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3is there a mysterious short-term memory problem among us digg users? dupes used to take a year, six months, two months to show up again. now it's down to 5 hours
- n0sferatu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3How does this compare with Stellarium ( http://www.stellarium.org )?
- peter337, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3woopty ***** doo
- slasherx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It isn't the year 2620 yet. :P
- ahpro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I liked the comment on that other feature where you can look at pictures of places better.
- Bdog2g2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I hope they upgrade their servers before they do that, if they don't, the first Black Hole they hit is going to be a bitch.
- Synchro, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Plus it has pretty pictures of areas like Hurricane Ridge in the olympic mountain range. I love it! I will have to check with Google earth to see if it can compare on this feature.
- Netrilix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Or digg has different groups of users for different times of the day. It seems like a lot of people notice dupes, but I have a sneaking suspicion that it's simply because you select few are so loud about it.
- jackcall, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2sorry, lame implementation of a tired joke... better luck next time you try to be funny
- Jugalator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1True, but that's commercial. Having said that, for a better comparison, Stellarium is still a better alternative than this.
- DesuKN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The 1990s called. They want their ***** back.
- Jugalator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1"Go outside, and you'll be able to see them with the naked eye (you just need to know where and when to look)."
Unfortunately that depends a lot on the stage of light pollution in your area. Forget it if being even close to a more major city. :( - xombiefarts, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Looks like Kstars! hmm...
- Nordiskt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1At least, thats what my night sky WOULD look like, if it weren't for needless light pollution.
- SuperCujo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Cool... I wonder what they are hiding in there...
- DesuKN, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Big MMO. Lots of social interaction involved. In-game economy is forever *****. No support from creator whatsoever.
- snapcase, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Stellarium is a great program. I've been using it for over a year. Was useful in finding out when and where to look for the meteor showers.
- Proctor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Those are just leadlights, you can find them on ebay for dirt cheap & laserpointer.com is better.
- slasherx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1You forgot GoogleSe.cx services? :P
- sinrtb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just downloaded the new version!
- EmileVictor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Starry Night pro is the best software package for this stuff - I was lucky enough to have a go a while back. In addition to the stars you can see the real time position of sattelites in the night sky (the ISS, shuttle, etc). Go outside, and you'll be able to see them with the naked eye (you just need to know where and when to look).
- Proctor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Stellarium kills it. Stellarium has a horizon line from where you are on earth, also it looks better when zoomed out as the sky still glows, the milky way still shows nebulosity, & stars still blink.
- djAnakin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Try Starry Night 3 years ago.
- sosoez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Try HD 70302 and pan out some. There are two ships under construction.
- thebusdriver, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Exactly what I was thinking, lol!
- chrisinsocalif, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Now I will have directions if I become an astronaut. Google thinks of everything.
- rot13ubercrypto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Blatant Plug alert: if you're using this or stellarium or starry night pro to accompany your stargazing outdoors, I strongly advise you to consider buying a high-power green laser collimator or pointer from Howie Glatter: http://www.collimator.com/coltext.htm / http://www.skypointer.net/
This guy is excellent, delivers on time, has decent prices, and several friends and I have had nothing but good experiences with his toys. - TeenForums, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Meh.
Unless Google manages to buy out NASA, this is going to be about as usual as having a Sky Light in the Basement. - rot13ubercrypto, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Stellarium is very cool -- I use it to show people what we're looking at when I have my telescope along (if you're not used to finding constellations, it can be pretty hard to envision where stuff is.)
Google Earth is neat insofar as it gives people a look at "how stuff would/might look up-close and with a filter. Remember, 99.999% of the population doesn't need the kind of super-duper accuracy you get from something like starry night pro -- although I may pick up a copy if I ever scrounge cash together for a serious motorized scope I can control from my laptop. -
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