Comments on: Google Sky Makes the Heavens Browsable http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2007/08/22/google-sky-makes-the-heavens-browsable/ Proud Sponsor of Your Future Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:39:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Erin Jennings http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2007/08/22/google-sky-makes-the-heavens-browsable/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Erin Jennings Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:45:53 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=104#comment-147 That would be wonderful! Maybe in a future WindLight release. They're working on some amazing sky features, and the results are beautiful. <br /><br /><br /> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1293/975944906_d90ef3b0a1_m.jpg" /> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/521735582_2f19bf7f98_m.jpg" /> That would be wonderful! Maybe in a future WindLight release. They’re working on some amazing sky features, and the results are beautiful.

]]> By: Matt Crosslin http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2007/08/22/google-sky-makes-the-heavens-browsable/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Matt Crosslin Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:13:56 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=104#comment-145 I just tried it out. Pretty cool little tool. It's really about the next best thing to a planetarium. Which we do have a nice one here at UTA, but I still like to use Google Earth.<br /><br />I wonder if we could talk Linden Lab in to installing this tool above Second Life? Like, you fly up, the sky fades to black, and then the stars fade into view.<br /> I just tried it out. Pretty cool little tool. It’s really about the next best thing to a planetarium. Which we do have a nice one here at UTA, but I still like to use Google Earth.

I wonder if we could talk Linden Lab in to installing this tool above Second Life? Like, you fly up, the sky fades to black, and then the stars fade into view.

]]> By: Erin Jennings http://www.edugeekjournal.com/2007/08/22/google-sky-makes-the-heavens-browsable/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Erin Jennings Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:48:59 +0000 http://www.edugeekjournal.com/?p=104#comment-144 So...pretty... :)What a great tool for teaching astronomy -- especially in Dallas, where we're lucky if we see any stars at night at all. So…pretty… :)What a great tool for teaching astronomy — especially in Dallas, where we’re lucky if we see any stars at night at all.

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