The World Wide Telescope project is software that allows your computer to act as a telescope, presenting you with the best images from ground based and space based telescopes from around the world, where you are able to take guided tours from astronomers and educators, who happen to work out of the best observatories and planetariums in the nation.
At any point during the free guided tour of space, you are able to temporarily pause the program for exploration, where you can seamlessly pan across the night sky and zoom into stars and planets for a better view. While using World Wide Telescope project software, you can view the night sky in visible light, x-ray and hydrogen alpha wavelengths. After exploring the sky on your own, you can resume your guided tour from where you left off.
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How often are the views from worldwide telescope updated? Are there any live presentations of planets, etc.?
Love it!! It rocks. Beaats Google Earth by a mile!
I do not know how often the views from the telescope are updated or if there are any live presentations of planets.
Glad to hear that you like the program, it is excellent!