Virtual telescope opens night sky

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed May 14, 2008 3:09 AM EDT

Article Source: BBC News

Nearly tagged this as "travel" :)

"Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescopes.

Collections include pictures from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, as well as the Chandra X-Ray Observatory.

The web-based tool also allows users to pan and zoom around the planets, and trace their locations in the night sky."

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