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Title: WorldWide Telescope Web Client now available – bringing the universe closer to everyone Post by: Tanya on March 18, 2009, 11:18:19 PM WorldWide Telescope Web Client now available – bringing the universe closer to everyone
LiveSide.net: As of today, WorldWide Telescope is no longer limited to the Windows operating system, as the an alpha version of the WorldWide Telescope Web Client was released – and it’s based on Silverlight 2.0! This means that you can now bring this virtual telescope to any platforms that supports Silverlight 2.0. Here’s a screenshot of the web client running in my browser: Below is a list of features in the web client: Access to hundreds of terabytes of sky, earth and planet data Ability to navigate seamlessly through 3D spherical environments Finder Scope to quickly identify astronomical objects Instant thumbnail previews of tens of thousands of popular astronomical objects Access to billions of objects in web-based astronomical catalogue Loading tours, images and other WorldWide Telescope data files on local machine Real-time positions of planets and moons Move forwards and backwards in time 2000 years View guided tours (without 3D planets) Browsing local user collections Virtual Observatory Cone search/registry look up and SIMBAD search Continue At Source You can view the WorldWide Telescope Web Client (alpha) at http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient Send via e-mail | Submit to Digg | Add to Live Favorites http://feeds.bink.nu/~r/binkdotnu/~3/geuy1JlzDhM/worldwide-telescope-web-client-now-available-bringing-the-universe-closer-to-everyone.aspx |