Google announced that they have taken Google Sky from Google Earth and now made it viewable on the web at sky.google.com.

Many of the Google Sky features found within Google Earth are also available on the browser version. You can:

• Search
• Browse
• Change the video between infrared, microwave, ultraviolet, or x-ray
• Telescope galleries from Hubble and others
• View up-to-date planet positions and constellations
• Access lots of custom KML content
• Access the podcasts gallery

For additional ways to use Google Sky on the web, see this help document. Google also provided a video demonstration of some of these features:

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