WorldWide Telescope
Publisher's Description
From Microsoft:
The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software environment that enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.
WorldWide Telescope is created with the Microsoft Visual Experience Engine and allows seamless panning and zooming around the night sky, planets, and image environments. View the sky from multiple wavelenghts: See the x-ray view of the sky and zoom into bright radiation clouds, and then crossfade into the visible light view and discover the cloud remnants of a supernova explosion from a thousand years ago. Switch to the Hydrogen Alpha view to see the distribution and illumination of massive primordial hydrogen cloud structures lit up by the high energy radiation coming from nearby stars in the Milky Way. These are just two of many different ways to reveal the hidden structures in the universe with the WorldWide Telescope.
Choose from a growing number of guided tours of the sky by astronomers and educators from some of the most famous observatories and planetariums in the country. Feel free at any time to pause the tour, explore on your own (with multiple information sources for objects at your fingertips), and rejoin the tour where you left off. You can also create your own tours with music and voiceovers.
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Current version:
4.5 starsout of 4 votes
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All versions:
3.6 starsout of 173 votes
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"Great for scientific understanding of the universe."
Version: WorldWide Telescope 3.0
Pros
Views all solar system planets and distant stars.
Cons
Google Earth has one attached to their download as an also ran. Very similar.
Summary
Personal study of the solar system and universe is recommended with this system. (Similar to Google Earth's add on program).
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"Pretty Good...but very slow on my 32-bit XP platform."
Version: WorldWide Telescope 3.0
Pros
Awesome photos and lots of views and options.
Cons
I can't seem to find the date and time stamp for the views, and I don't see any links for any REAL-TIME views (if they are even available).
Summary
Nice program. Sucks a lot of memory on older systems. Real-time views and/or date/time stamps would be a nice option (they may be there, but I can't find them).
Thought I gave it 4.5 starts, but it bumped up to five. Close enough I guess.
Updated on Mar 21, 2012 -
"Makes you feel in a Spaceship with fast controls and .."
Version: WorldWide Telescope 3.0
Pros
So many, difficult to list, rather one must experience himself to expereince firsthand. All the features are nicely combined and a truly make you happy package. Best part of it is - It is totally free...
Cons
Yet to find...
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"Nice views of the Solar System."
Version: WorldWide Telescope 3.0
Pros
Good slide show capability. Many Features.
Cons
None that I can think of.
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General
- Download Type:
- CNET Secure Download
- Publisher
- Microsoft
- Publisher Web Site
- http://www.microsoft.com/
- Release Date
- November 03, 2011
- Date Added
- November 03, 2011
- Version
- 3.0
Category
- Category
- Educational Software
- Subcategory
- Science Software
System Requirements
- Operating Systems
- Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Additional Requirements
- Windows XP/Vista, 2GHz CPU, 1GB RAM, 3D-accelerated video card with 128MB VRAM, 1GB HDD space
Download Information
- File Size
- 60.72MB
- File Name
- WWTSetupPenumbra.msi
Popularity
- Total Downloads
- 373,423
- Downloads Last Week
- 294
Pricing
- License Model
- Free
- Limitations
- Not available
- Price
- Not available
Previous Versions
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