Google Earth gazes toward the sky - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 23rd Aug 2007, 13:30

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/08...ward_the_sky/1

Stare out into the vastness of space right at your desk. Google Earth's newest version will allow you to explore constellations, planets and much more.

Bionic-Blob · 23rd Aug 2007, 14:24

i found this

lat -13.432°
long -80.1361°

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8708/testde5.jpg

o_O

mclean007 · 23rd Aug 2007, 14:37

Obviously as the earth rotates the view above any location changes - does the software take this into account and give a real-time view? If so, can you still look at the virtual night sky even when it is daylight in the real world?

Does it or will it plot moving objects such as planets, comets, moons etc.? That would be pretty awesome!

<A88> · 23rd Aug 2007, 14:48

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Originally Posted by A certain article written by a certain forum member

All in all, Google Mars and Google Moon are a great continuation of the successful Google Maps application, and it shouldn’t be too long before Google has an interplanetary route planner up and running (I’m thinking ‘Google Redshift’?)

<A88>

Stuey · 23rd Aug 2007, 15:33

cool!

The_Beast · 23rd Aug 2007, 17:41

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Originally Posted by Stuey

cool!

x2

completemadness · 23rd Aug 2007, 19:02

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Originally Posted by Bionic-Blob

i found this

lat -13.432°
long -80.1361°

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8708/testde5.jpg

what on earth (or not) is that ???
It sort of looks like some satellite or something ?

Perhaps the US government is hiding their satellites with laz0rs in ?

Rebourne · 23rd Aug 2007, 20:08

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Originally Posted by completemadness

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bionic-Blob

i found this

lat -13.432ï¿½
long -80.1361ï¿½

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8708/testde5.jpg

what on earth (or not) is that ???
It sort of looks like some satellite or something ?

Perhaps the US government is hiding their satellites with laz0rs in ?

Probably, everyone knows the US isn't run by earthlings anymore, well at least since the Roswell landings.

RTT · 23rd Aug 2007, 20:24

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Originally Posted by <A88>

<A88>

I don't remember writing that?

I installed Google Earth+Sky last night - it's very slick

bilbothebaggins · 24th Aug 2007, 10:49

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Originally Posted by completemadness

what on earth (or not) is that ???
It sort of looks like some satellite or something ?

Perhaps the US government is hiding their satellites with laz0rs in ?

Lens flare?

mclean007 · 24th Aug 2007, 14:05

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Originally Posted by bilbothebaggins

Lens flare?

Maybe not flare, but it is clearly some sort of optical artifact caused, I would guess, by internal reflection within the lens. You can see what appears to be the support structure (struts and cables?) for part of a dish assembly.

That said, maybe it is the first image of a black helicopter taken from below?

Run for the hills! Can anyone lend me a tinfoil hat?

Flibblebot · 24th Aug 2007, 14:56

It looks like the image was taken with a Newtonian telescope or something similar. The image shows the internal spider struts that hold the mirror assembly.

dizzyboy · 24th Aug 2007, 15:47

its quite cool really...

cpemma · 26th Aug 2007, 12:33

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Originally Posted by RTT

I installed Google Earth+Sky last night - it's very slick

I managed to break it within minutes.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mclean007

Obviously as the earth rotates the view above any location changes - does the software take this into account and give a real-time view? If so, can you still look at the virtual night sky even when it is daylight in the real world?

Does it or will it plot moving objects such as planets, comets, moons etc.?

According to a possible developer,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryan Scranton

The orientation of the sky is set up so that it's showing the current sky above where you were last viewing the Earth (or at least what it would look like if there were no Sun out). After that initial orientation, you can go ahead and navigate to any point on the celestial sphere.

The time slider is just for the Moon and Planet layers (or any other time-based kml layer that you've got active). For those two layers, the positions of those icons are set according to the time displayed on the time slider. If you press "Play" or move the slider, you can see how the positions of the Moon and planets change over time.

DougEdey · 26th Aug 2007, 13:06

cpemma: the BBS is down for me, just doesn't load or timeout.

cpemma · 26th Aug 2007, 13:09

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Originally Posted by DougEdey

cpemma: the BBS is down for me, just doesn't load or timeout.

I just went there to get the link and broke that too.

I can broke the internets.

DougEdey · 26th Aug 2007, 13:18

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Originally Posted by cpemma

I just went there to get the link and broke that too.

I can broke the internets.

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23rd Aug 2007, 14:24	#2
Bionic-Blob Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 72	i found this lat -13.432° long -80.1361° http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/8708/testde5.jpg o_O

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dizzyboy Minimodder Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 20	its quite cool really...