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Offline GillE

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« on: July 11, 2011, 15:26 »
Is the Sky-Map website as good as it appears to be or are there better places online for monitoring the night sky?
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Re: Sky-Map
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 16:25 »
Where are the markers?  ;D
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Re: Sky-Map
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 16:40 »
I like heavens-above.com - great for satellites and a quick look at the sky.

I use http://skymaps.com/  for public outreach purposes. Produces really nice to read sky charts. It also gives you a nice synopsis of the sky this month.

Of course there are also planetarium programmes, such as www.stellarium.org/



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Re: Sky-Map
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2011, 19:49 »
Why don't you take a look at Google Sky Gill? 

http://www.google.com/sky/


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