Photos: The best of Google Sky

A tour from the Big Dipper to the stunning Eagle Nebula...

By Gemma Simpson, 28 November 2007 15:16

The Google Sky application lets users navigate space in a similar way to Google Earth - with constellations drawn out and labelled to help cyber star gazers.

Pictured is the 'Big Dipper' or 'Plough' constellation - depending on what side of the Atlantic you're from.

Photo credit: Google Earth

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  1. 1. Carol Christian/ gSky Team at STScI

    Several tours of HST data have been created. For the one I created, from Space Telescope, the official home of HST, please see http://hubblesite.org/explore_astronomy/gsky/

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