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WorldWide Telescope is a Web application that brings together imagery from the best ground- and space-based observatories across the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through their computers. The application may be downloaded free and allows users to browse through the solar system, galaxy and beyond, or take advantage of a growing number of guided tours of the sky hosted by astronomers and educators at major universities and planetariums. Features include: a choice of which telescope to look through, including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, and the Spitzer Space Telescope; a view of planetary locations in the night sky - in the past, present or future; and a view of the universe through different wavelengths of light to reveal hidden structures in other parts of the galaxy.
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Microsoft Windows operating system
Discrete graphics card
Microsoft DirectX version 9.0c
PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Microsoft .NET Framework
3D accelerated card
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
Copyright 2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
DLESE Catalog ID:
DLESE-000-000-010-322
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