[Chaos-l] WorldWideTelescope

[Mark South]

It's from Microsoft...it has to be a disaster! 
(Can't you tell I'm a Mac guy)  
I'm just kidding folks... no offense to the die-hard microsoft fans out there.

Mark

Mark South
http://web.mac.com/md_south

 
On Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 04:12PM, "Robert Nielsen" <robertnielsen at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>Has anyone else out there tried the "WorldWideTelescope" 
>(http://www.worldwidetelescope.org)?   It is a new sky viewing / 
>planetarium from Microsoft Research, I guess to steal some of the 
>thunder from Google Sky, but on my computer (which isn't a slouch 
>either) it is very unimpressive!   Only shows some of the stars, the 
>Andromeda Galaxy is just a blob when you say "show me in detail", and 
>the display itself is a little dark and hard to see.
>
>Starry Night or TheSky are much better alternatives, in my opinion.   
>But I haven't tried Google Sky (because when I installed Google Earth, 
>it started causing my computer to randomly blue screen every now and 
>then ... I guess you get what you pay for).
>
>Any other opinions?
>
>Robert
>
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