Despite budget cuts, NASA still manages to share this with the world!
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/
Eyes on the Solar System allows you to see the Solar system from any perspective in it. Also shows all the satellites and crafts that are out on missions right now.
Eyes on the Solar System
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Eyes on the Solar System
Stargazing ... is an excuse to stay up past bedtime that never fails!
Good stuff. Just tried it out.
This tutorial video should motivate more guys to the check out the web app.
[video width=640 height=390]http://www.youtube.com/v/GLN-T3-nsiU&hl=en_US&rel=0[/video]
This tutorial video should motivate more guys to the check out the web app.
[video width=640 height=390]http://www.youtube.com/v/GLN-T3-nsiU&hl=en_US&rel=0[/video]
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
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"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Hi Gary
The late Carl Sagan would have wished he had this we he did his COSMOS series. (I finally got mine back from a friend who borrowed it for years!).
Checking out some of the episodes.
The late Carl Sagan would have wished he had this we he did his COSMOS series. (I finally got mine back from a friend who borrowed it for years!).
Checking out some of the episodes.
The Boldly Go Where No Meade Has Gone Before
Captain, RSS Enterprise NCC1701R
United Federation of the Planets
Captain, RSS Enterprise NCC1701R
United Federation of the Planets
Yea. Carl Sagan. COSMOS. Classic.
http://www.astro.sg
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
email: gary[at]astro.sg
twitter: @astrosg
"The importance of a telescope is not how big it is, how well made it is.
It is how many people, less fortunate than you, got to look through it."
-- John Dobson.
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Looks cool... will check it out later!
Yes, I remembered being glued to the TV for every episode of Cosmos and listen to him say "billions and billions...".
Yes, I remembered being glued to the TV for every episode of Cosmos and listen to him say "billions and billions...".
[80% Steve, 20% Alfred] ------- Probability of Clear Skies = (Age of newest equipment in days) / [(Number of observers) * (Total Aperture of all telescopes present in mm)]