Just set your coordinates and go

[helena nilo]

Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

http://www.stellarium.org/

:superman:

[spazio]

This is good, too: http://www.cybersky.com/

[Balozi]

what if i dont know the coordinates? :P

[helena nilo]

This is good, too: http://www.cybersky.com/

but the other one is open source ;)

[helena nilo]

what if i dont know the coordinates? :P

you'll be lost ...but happy as ever!
:D

[helena nilo]

Google Earth Gets Star-Gazing Add On

Tom F writes to mention BBC News is reporting that Google has released a new add on for Google Earth that will allow users to search a 3D rendition of over 1 million stars and 200 million galaxies called Google Sky. "Optional layers allow users to explore images from the Hubble Space Telescope as well as animations of lunar cycles. [...] Users can overlay the night sky with other information such as galaxies, constellations and detailed images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Imagery for the system came from six research institutions including the Digital Sky Survey Consortium, the Palomar Observatory in California and the United Kingdom Astronomy Technology Centre. "
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/22/1220259
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6955787.stm
...

COMMENTS:
I remember seeing a 3D Java app from some NASA (or some NASA-related website) where you could view, in simulated real-time, the position of all the known satellites that are currently orbiting the Earth. It included the ISS, and Mir before it was brought down. I wonder if Google has any plan to incorporate that kind of thing into their application. It would be pretty cool if I could zoom into my house, and see (real-time if possible) what satellites were passing over my house just by zooming out enough.

OPEN SOURCE
...a bit like this? [stellarium.org] except for open source. hu. now, what should motivate me using the google-tool?
http://www.stellarium.org/
http://www.stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-constellation-art.jpg
http://www.stellarium.org/img/screenshots/0.9-planets.jpg
:):):)

KIDS THESE DAYS
No need to go outside anymore!
I told my kids about the upcoming eclipse [sciencedaily.com], and I was excited to see them enthusiastic, until one said "What channel will it be on?"
:roll:

[tsunami]

Let Him be Anathema who speaks of the end as in the beginning.

[helena nilo]

the end and the beginning shall be alike ... :chin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origen

[tsunami]

...If that time comes :chin:

[helena nilo]

it is in constant movement...

[Balozi]

off topic >:(

:P

[helena nilo]

sorry! lost my coordinates ... feel free to delete them
:D

[tsunami]

it is in constant movement...


ApEirOn

[helena nilo]

yng yang in an ApEirOn motion ...

two in one or two apart who become one ...

:D

[tsunami]

AEON ApEirOn -ps Y ch- en On

TranslatiOn:

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Zen [y]in(g) [y]an(g)

[helena nilo]

so, once again , the experience to recreate / achieve the "apeiron" failed ;)