Topic: It's like Google Maps...for space.

[Clive]

Wikisky is a draggable, zoomable, web-based star map. And if you click on a star or other object, it brings up a page with all the information you could want on it, including recent articles and astrophotos that contain that object. And it does lots more. Go explore.

http://www.wikisky.org/

[sam]

ooh thats good... I hadnt come across that before...

[sam]

and wow, the SDSS link is great!

[Clive]

When I first saw it I thought it was just another crappy planetarium programme, but when I started to delve a bit deeper it impressed the hell out of me.  I had no idea the SDSS was as good as that!  Now we are all professionals!     Oh, I forgot - you already are!!   

[sam]

When I first saw it I thought it was just another crappy planetarium programme, but when I started to delve a bit deeper it impressed the hell out of me.  I had no idea the SDSS was as good as that!  Now we are all professionals!     Oh, I forgot - you already are!!   

I see you wasn't listening.. since my main conclusion at the talk I gave you lot in November was go, play with the SDSS! lol

[Clive]

I see you wasn't listening.. since my main conclusion at the talk I gave you lot in November was go, play with the SDSS! lol

 

[Michelle]

I wasn't that excited I must say, although what I wanted to see didn't have sdss     

I need to have more of  play with it 

[Simon]

I see you wasn't listening.. since my main conclusion at the talk I gave you lot in November was go, play with the SDSS! lol

You must have been talking during his afternoon nap, Sam. 

[sam]

I wasn't that excited I must say, although what I wanted to see didn't have sdss     

I need to have more of  play with it 

the sdss is a mostly a galaxy survey, looking at a quite large numbers, millions - so you wouldn't expect them to image things that a non professional might be interested in. I have to say though for an online planetarium there are lots of options.

[Michelle]

Yes it is clever but as you say not so much for us non pro's  :embarassed:

[sam]

but then again.. if you just use it to find out info on objects and where they are in the sky and a free internet planetarium, if you are stargazing anywhere and wanna know what you can see then it is really quite cool and useful.