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    Google Sky Now Viewable From Any Web Browser

    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 […]

    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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