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Turn Your Computer Into a Telescope

Not ready to buy a telescope? A computer can give you the virtual experience!

Through a web site or downloadable software you can enjoy professional telescope views of the sky anytime you can reach a computer. Here are just a few of the many options you can select by searching for virtual telescope on the Web.

SkyView by NASA

SkyView is a Virtual Observatory on the Net generating images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from Radio to Gamma-Ray.

WorldWide Telescope

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky.

Google Earth

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.


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