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Microsoft's free WorldWide Telescope brings Windows users up close to the universe
News Type: Event — Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 6:43 AM EDT
Article Source: The Seattle Timesadvertisement
Microsoft Research is launching a free application today that lets people navigate deep into the universe and view galaxies, nebulae, planets and other celestial objects through the lenses of the world's best observatories.
The WorldWide Telescope draws on more than 12 terabytes of imagery — bigger than the print collection of the Library of Congress — from several orbiting and land-based telescopes.The desktop application downloads the images on demand and stitches them together to form an interactive, browsable universe supplemented with information from top astronomical databases and guided tours that put it all into context.
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{"commentId":1794149,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
If you have not used this application before it is a neat application and one the is great to try out and the price is hard to beat-free !
{"commentId":1794149,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 6 votes
#1 - Tue May 13, 2008 6:43 AM EDT{"commentId":1794168,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Here is the Link for the WorldWide Telescope Program that is well worth looking at and has a background on the system plus the software to run it. of course for Windows XP SP2 or higher. Or a Mac with Windows....
{"commentId":1794168,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":1794223,"authorDomain":"kokayi"}
W O W
Un-figging believable!
I've installed it. All systems nominal. Houston we have a killer app!
{"commentId":1794223,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"kokayi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":1794247,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Isn't that just awesome ? I first saw that about 6 months ago over at the labs and that thing totally blew me away, I was playing with that for hours !
{"commentId":1794247,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":1794488,"authorDomain":"kokayi"}
Yes it is. I'm still playing around with it. Have you discovered a solar system fly out yet? I would like to fly out from earth to the moon, then to Mars and so on. I earth the only point of reference? This may be a silly question but can we look back at Earth from another point in space?
Dang! I just had a gotcha moment. It a virtual telescope instead of a virtual planetarium like KStars. It's still a killer-app. I just have to reorient my expectations. The guided tours are worth the price of admission. Oh yeah it's free. Woopie!
***** Seed
{"commentId":1794488,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"kokayi"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":1794511,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
I have not found a solar system, but there is alot of info on the MSDN blogs about it and users forums. I'll have to check around. Astronomy Magazine had some user links that had alot of info on it, one user in germany had tons of good info on it also. I will have to see if I can find his address.
BTW, what do you use for Web design or application ? I still use Dreamweaver (now CS3) for most of my stuff. Have done some in Frontpage.
{"commentId":1794511,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":1794533,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
Triple WOW!
Too darn cool.
Thanks Tedd.
{"commentId":1794533,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":1794540,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
I figured you would find this. They could charge big bucks for this and people would pay for it, this thing is amazing....
{"commentId":1794540,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":1794664,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
I have no doubt people would pay.
{"commentId":1794664,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":1794714,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Here is the article from Astronomy Magazine. Sounds like they like it also.
{"commentId":1794714,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":1795151,"authorDomain":"kokayi"}
Hi Tedd,
BTW, what do you use for Web design or application? I still use Dreamweaver (now CS3) for most of my stuff. Have done some in Frontpage.
A long time ago I tried, bought and tried to use GoLive, but that was in the pre Web 2.0 world. I've reviewed trial versions of Dreamweaver but they have expired. I'm sure it's a great web development application. It's just too expensive for me to justify buying it for the small sites I volunteer to do for associates.
I use Quanta as a site development tool when I'm on Linux because it handles SFTP seamlessly. I would also like to review the new version of Bluefish (Mac compatible). I've been shy about doing site webdev on XP On XP, I usually try to restrict myself to Notepad++. It has some great webdev plugins like Tidy. I also like it because it runs off a thumbdrive. I've downloaded KompoZer for XP but I haven't tried it yet.
On XP I believe I'll just stick with Notepad++ and Filezilla for now. I've resolved to learn Web 2.0 on the source level instead of using an IDE. I read a tip somewhere that the learning curve for teaching yourself the code and learning how to use Dreamweaver to do anything advanced is just about the same.
Wikipedia's "List of HTML editors" is pretty comprehensive
{"commentId":1795151,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"kokayi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1795153,"authorDomain":"Spaman"}
Excellent tool Tedd .....
Not sure how, but I managed to get the universe in a spin - literally spinning around at something like its real speed - awsome spectacle
{"commentId":1795153,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"Spaman"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1795186,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Kokayi,
I kind of thought that you might have just a few links for me ! I need to devote a few spare folders just dedicated to all the links you have...Think I should call it "Kokayi_Wiki" whoa...I have some reading to do ! Thanks alot !!
{"commentId":1795186,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":1795198,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Not sure how, but I managed to get the universe in a spin
Hah....Sounds like my world also Spaman....Glad your having fun with it, just don't crash it..
{"commentId":1795198,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1795792,"authorDomain":"kokayi"}
I need to devote a few spare folders just dedicated to all the links you have...Think I should call it "Kokayi_Wiki" whoa...I have some reading to do !
Tedd,
A Kokayi_Wiki folder that's funny. I'm still trudging down the same webdev path you're on. I'm always on the look out for additions to my webdev utility belt. It's so frustrating.
Here's a tool I highly recommend.
is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start. At the moment there are four XAMPP distributions:
It creates an Apache webserver on your local machine. Please read and heed the security warnings.
{"commentId":1795792,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"kokayi"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":1795828,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Great..Thank you, more book marks to add, glad I have a large screen !
{"commentId":1795828,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":1794244,"authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
This looks really cool, it would be a great teaching tool. I can't resist, I will be downloading this for sure! Thanks Tedd, good find!
Clipping to The Universe group
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- 6 votes
#2 - Tue May 13, 2008 7:35 AM EDT{"commentId":1794253,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Yeah download that for sure, that has got to be one of the coolest things I have ever seen. The writeups in the Astronomy magazines are unreal. Its more advanced then what many Universities have. I hope eddie French finds this. I wish it worked on a Mac. Even NASA is using it and National Geographic is now also.
{"commentId":1794253,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":1794518,"authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
That is just about the coolest thing I've seen! Really smooth and beautiful! Funny thing is, it says it needs 1gb of ram and I don't have that, but it worked anyway....
{"commentId":1794518,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":1794547,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
It needs 1 gb for Vista, and for XP it does run faster. Did you do the SP3 update ? That does speed things up a bit.
Yeah this thing is just amazing. They have it on one of their 150' LCD flat screen monitors and it is just breath taking it is so real !
Did you get a chance to try the link to Lisa Lavie ?
{"commentId":1794547,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1794580,"authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
Yes I tried the link, I sent you an email....
I haven't done the SP3 update yet, I read somewhere that you need to delete SP2 before downloading...is that right?
{"commentId":1794580,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"bigmomma"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":1794681,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
I think that was with what was called SP3 RC3. Release Candidate, =almost ready...I am pretty sure, you leave SP2 and SP3 will decide, but not 100% sure at the moment, I have not installed the regular one yet.
{"commentId":1794681,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":1794418,"authorDomain":"seward"}
Thanks, Tedd. I have downloaded it, and will spend some time with it later. Great link.
{"commentId":1794418,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"seward"}
- 3 votes
#3 - Tue May 13, 2008 8:35 AM EDT{"commentId":1794425,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Its a awesome thing to use, I have had tons of fun with it.
{"commentId":1794425,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":1794495,"authorDomain":"harshpaul"}
I tried some of the online telescopes a couple of months earlier. The results weren't exactly encouraging. I wonder if this one is better.
{"commentId":1794495,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"harshpaul"}
- 4 votes
#4 - Tue May 13, 2008 9:03 AM EDT{"commentId":1794517,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
This one is awesome, well worth the try.
{"commentId":1794517,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":1796033,"authorDomain":"harshpaul"}
Right. This one is much..much..much better.
{"commentId":1796033,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"harshpaul"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1794567,"authorDomain":"jeremyemalheim"}
That is very cool!
{"commentId":1794567,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"jeremyemalheim"}
- 2 votes
#5 - Tue May 13, 2008 9:24 AM EDT{"commentId":1794697,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Its great fun to use, one of the neater applications I have seen for a long time.
{"commentId":1794697,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":1794706,"authorDomain":"digitaldog"}
I agree. Awsome!
{"commentId":1794706,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"digitaldog"}
- 2 votes
#6 - Tue May 13, 2008 10:02 AM EDT{"commentId":1795193,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Glad you found it dd, I thought it was awesome, the labs come up with the coolest stuff.
{"commentId":1795193,"threadId":"263647","contentId":"1485129","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
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