WorldWide Telescope Web Client now available – bringing the universe closer to everyoneLiveSide.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
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You can view the WorldWide Telescope Web Client (alpha) at
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