Microsoft Telescope Astronomy

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The WorldWide Telescope is a computer program created by Microsoft running under either a Microsoft Windows client or a new cross platform web client based on Silverlight which allows its users to view outer space. It was announced at the TED Conference in Monterey, California in February, 2008. Users are able to pan around outer space and zoom as far into any one area as the data will allow. Images are taken from the Hubble Space Telescope and approximately ten earth-bound telescopes. It is possible to view the sky in many wavelengths of light. The software utilizes Microsoft's Visual Experience Engine technologies to function.

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  • WorldWide Telescope

    Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope ... Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. ... www.worldwidetelescope.org

  • WorldWide Telescope's New Frontier - Microsoft Research

    Sep 2, 2009 ... 17, the External Research division of Microsoft Research made public ... WorldWide Telescope image. Scientists and amateur astronomers alike ... research.microsoft.com

  • WorldWide Telescope - Microsoft Research

    Microsoft Research is making WorldWide Telescope available as a free resource to the astronomy and education community with the hope that it will inspire ... research.microsoft.com

  • WorldWide Telescope Partners Community

    Microsoft Research would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the following ... WorldWide Telescope also will be incorporated into select “ Astronomy ... www.microsoft.com