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I'd love it if when browsing the planet a la Google Earth, you could twist round and have a look at what the rest of the universe looked like from that point on the earth's surface.
It could be a really nice educational tool too, if they got everything astronomically correct according to the date.
I for one would like to have a better look at the full Moon over Sydney tonight.
Inspired by
Google_20Ocean
Google Ocean [neilp, Feb 12 2006]
Full Moon as seen from [neilp]'s exact location
http://sheazy.multiply.com/video/item/1
...then looking back from the moon. (4.5 meg Quicktime movie) [Shz, Feb 12 2006]
Celestia's probably what you want
http://www.shatters.net/celestia/
Go anywhere in the Universe :) View anything from anywhere. A little more awkward, in my view, to browse planets. Not the same resolution as G.E. [Dub, Feb 12 2006]
Stellarium is sort of similar
http://www.stellarium.org/
Tell Stellarium where you are on Earth, and it'll show you what stars/constellations you should see. [Dub, Feb 12 2006]
Google Sky
http://www.google.com/sky/
Like Google Earth, only the other-way-round [Dub, Mar 14 2008]
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I thought this was going to be a feature mapping the universe, and I was all set to link to Google Moon. |
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I do like on Google Moon how when you zoom in too far it turns to cheese. |
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But can it map what would happen to the galaxy if one were to collapse a star, al la Star Trek? |
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Baked - I think - Check out Celestia - It sits alongside Google Earth and Stellarium on my desktop |
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Starry Night Pro does an exceptional job. At my local Astronomy Club's last meeting, we were messing with total-known-universe fly-throughs, watching how constellations change over time (it can go up to the year 99999, don't know how far back), and other such things. Great idea, [neilp], but a few years too late. |
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(Latest Google Earth now does this. {Waves to Mr Google}) |
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