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星期四, 九月 06, 2007

Scranton 2007 Google Earth的Sky功能

主要内容:
现在的Google Earth加入了Sky功能,可以看到天体的照片,包括Hubble的。

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文章信息:

arXiv:0709.0752 [pdf, other]
Title: Sky in Google Earth: The Next Frontier in Astronomical Data Discovery and Visualization
Comments: 10 pages, 3 figures, to be submitted to PASP
Subjects: Astrophysics (astro-ph)

Astronomy began as a visual science, first through careful observations of the sky using either an eyepiece or the naked eye, then on to the preservation of those images with photographic media and finally the digital encoding of that information via CCDs. This last step has enabled astronomy to move into a fully automated era -- where data is recorded, analyzed and interpreted often without any direct visual inspection. Sky in Google Earth completes that circle by providing an intuitive visual interface to some of the largest astronomical imaging surveys covering the full sky. By streaming imagery, catalogs, time domain data, and ancillary information directly to a user, Sky can provide the general public as well as professional and amateur astronomers alike with a wealth of information for use in education and research. We provide here a brief introduction to Sky in Google Earth, focusing on its extensible environment, how it may be integrated into the research process and how it can bring astronomical research to a broader community. With an open interface available on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows, applications developed within Sky are accessible not just within the Google framework but through any visual browser that supports the Keyhole Markup Language. We present Sky as the embodiment of a virtual telescope.

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