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GigaZoom

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:37 am
by woodchip
Nice link if you are into astronomy and want to be able to zoom in on things:

http://www.gigagalaxyzoom.org/G.html#Zoomify

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:27 pm
by EngDrewman
Amazing. Simply amazing.

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:36 pm
by Isaac
And to think about each star's energy spent every second...

You also might like Stellarium. It even has a (red) night mode so you can take it out side on your laptop.

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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:51 pm
by Lothar
Isaac wrote:You also might like Stellarium.
It's wicked cool when viewed in a custom dome (Digitalis maintains their own version for their specialized projectors.) One of the perks of working for an aerospace museum is that I get to play with such toys.

Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:56 pm
by Duper
.. did he just say \"wicked cool\" .... ??!?





:lol:

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Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 1:14 pm
by TigerRaptor
Duper wrote:.. did he just say "wicked cool" .... ??!?





:lol:
Man! That's just far out.

Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:26 am
by JMEaT
Reminds me of that software MS released similar to Google Earth, just for space. Can't recall the name...