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If you are a space watcher, if you like spending nights with your nose up while watching the Moon and the stars then you have to try this amazing software called Microsoft WorldWide Telescope. WWT is a web based software which will take you into the space thanks to its amazing technology and its hundreds [...]

Want to see the same images that scientists at NASA use for their research or perform your own research with those images? Or do you want to see the Earth from the same perspective that astronauts see as they descend to Earth? How about taking a 5 minute break and viewing a panorama of a different city? Install WWT and start your explorations.WorldWide TelescopeBlogged with the Flock Browser

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London, June 18 (ANI): Astronomers have, for the first time, developed a radio telescope that spans four continents, namely North America, South America, Europe and Africa. According to a report in New Scientist, astronomers have long combined observations from individual telescopes. The process, called interferometry, produces the same resolution as a single dish as wide as [...]

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Making a telescope is an extraordinarily rewarding experience because it crosses several different realms of experience. The first reward for you is the fun of making something. And the second reward is the sheer pleasure of using what you made to explore the universe. And you also get the added benefits of saving some money [...]

Washington (ANTARA News/afp) - A NASA spokesman on Wednesday said that the launch of its GLAST space telescope, which will allow scientists to look deep into the universe, has been delayed at least until Sunday. NASA said on Monday that the GLAST launch had been delayed from Thursday to Saturday because the launch team needed more [...]

Earlier today I did some testing. Install Microsoft Worldwide Telescope on a slower machine ( doesn't even meet the minimum hardware requirement). Here's the machine specifications Windows XP SP2 MSI P4M900M motherboard Celeron 420 1.6GHz, 512MB RAM with 64 MB dedicated to onboard VGA (448 MB left for RAM) Well, as I expect, it runs without hassle although not as smooth as if you meet the

Microsoft acaba de lanzar al espacio, el esperado programa WorldWide Telescope. Un telescopio virtual para astrónomos profesionales y aficionados por igual. Mediante una interfaz muy intuitiva, este programa gratuito permite a todo el mundo, explorar las galaxias, constelaciones y planetas lejanos de una manera muy fácil y entretenida. El WorldWide Telescope tiene 12 terabytes de datos - el equ

The Microsoft WorldWide Telescope 2.1.8.1 (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground- and space-based telescopes in the world to enable seamless, guided explorations of the universe. read more

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, created with Microsoft's high-performance Visual Experience Engine, enables seamless panning and zooming ac

When Microsoft Research launched Worldwide Telescope, I thought the mandatory hardware requirement is 3D graphic card with 128 MB or 256MB RAM. While a Celeron CPU with 512 MB RAM should enough to run Worldwide Telescope. But when I logon to Worldwide Telescope website and read the minimum hardware requirement, I was completely wrong. Here's the minimum hardware requirement stated on Worldwide

A transatlantic portal opened on Thursday in New York and London - not a means of transportation, but an art project that links the two cities in real time via fibre optic imaging. The “Telectroscope” looks like a piece of Victorian hardware, a giant telescope immerging from the ground near the Brooklyn Bridge. Peering into the device, [...]

WorldWide Telescope es un programa gratuito lanzado por Microsoft, útil para aquellas personas interesadas en astronomía, ya que permite explorar el universo visitando galaxias, estrellas, nuestro sistema solar y sus respectivos planetas. El objetivo parecería ser competir con Google Sky, la herramienta recientemente incorprada al paquete de Google Earth. Se trata de un mapa virtual del espacio

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The Amazing TelectroscopeA view of New York's Brooklyn Bridge from across the Atlantic at London's Tower BridgeImagine being able to spy on your neighbors... from 3470 miles away. Londoners can now spy on their New York neighbors with the help of the amazing Telectroscope. And vice-versa.Jeepers, creepers, where'd you get those eyes?(The British end of the Telectroscope at the Tower Bridge in Lond

London waving: Looking down the Telectroscope at Tower Bridge endAliens at City Hall? The London Telectroscope looks like something out of War Of The WorldsDeep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, forgotten for the best part of a century, lies a tunnel linking London and New York.It was built on the whim of a Victorian inventor with the aim of linking two great cities and developing the kind of friendship

An Aug. 28 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope has been moved to Oct.8 because of delays in building fuel tanks needed for the mission, NASA officials announced Thursday. The shuttle's external tank was redesigned for safer launches after the 2003 Columbia accident. Falling foam from the tank punched a hole in the shuttle's wing, later exposing it to dangerous gases and heat on

LONDON, England -- As the first splinters of sunlight spread their warmth on the south bank of the River Thames this morning, it became clear that after more than a century, the vision of Victorian engineer Alexander Stanhope St. George had finally been realized.In all its optical brilliance and brass and wood, there stood the Telectroscope -- an 11.2 meter (37 feet)long by 3.3 meter (11 feet) tal

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WorldWide Telescope è il nuovo progetto presentato da microsoft già online e pronto per essere provato da chiunque , in sostanza stiamo parlando di un programma che racchiude tutte le informazioni che riguardano lo spazio. Il programma è molto sullo stile di Google Maps e ci permette di vedere tutto quello che vogliamo come se fossimo [...]

Descrição: É fato que a Microsoft não suporta ficar para trás da concorrência. Talvez não seja exagero afirmar que a empresa de Bill Gates não aceita perder qualquer nicho de mercado. Nos últimos anos, a Google cresceu índices absurdos o suficiente para ameaçar a gigante do Windows. Agora, a Microsoft responde mais uma vez.O WorldWide Telescope é, em uma primeira definição, o Google

Si quieres navegar por el universo sin despegarte de la pantalla, puedes hacerlo gracias a Worldwide Telescope, un telescopio virtual que acaba de lanzar Microsof. El software funciona como un videojuego. Te permite seleccionar la longitud de onda en la que quieres ver los objetos, resaltando los detalles que más interesan y además te ofrece la [...]

Seattle (Reuters).- Cualquier aficionado a "Star Trek" sabe que viajar por el espacio no siempre es fácil, pero Microsoft quiere que llegar a la "última frontera" sea tan simple como encender una computadora. El mayor fabricante mundial de software ha lanzado una aplicación gratuita llamada WorldWide Telescope (Telescopio Mundial) que permite a todo el mundo, desde aficionados al espacio a prof

Imagine the universe. Vast, beautiful, mysterious, it has inspired wonder for millennia—wonder and humility. A clear, twinkling nighttime sky can summon reflections on life, our role in it, its very meaning. A gaze into the heavens might be the closest we can come to a visualization of infinity. Imagine no more. With the public release of WorldWide Telescope, it’s time to explore. Wo

Microsoft lanza oficialmente en el sitio de internet , la prueba piloto del WorldWide Telescope, una aplicación Web que reúne imágenes de observatorios terrestres y espaciales de todo el globo para permitir a las personas explorar el cielo nocturno a través desde sus computadoras. Ahora, lo descargué, pero nunca llego a trabajar adecuadamente, esto quizá, porque mi modesta PC, una simple PCC

Featuring an spetacular scene that evokes the best Hollywood films, WorldWide Telescope is the Microsoft’s bid to combat the space maps now included in Google Earth by Google. WorldWide Telescope is 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 [...]

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Foi liberado para o público o WorldWide Telescope (WWT). Mais ou menos como o Google Earth, o aplicativo 2.0 da Microsoft transforma a tela do computador em um telescópio virtual. Desenvolvido pelo Microsoft Research, o WWT usa a tecnologia de alta performance Microsoft Visual Experience Engine, que permite se deslocar e dar zoom contínuos pelo céu, planetas, imagens e ambientes. Combina muito

The Microsoft WorldWide Telescope 2.1.6.1 (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground- and space-based telescopes in the world to enable seamless, guided explorations of the universe. read more

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Microsoft nella giornata di ieri ha lanciato la beta pubblica del software WorldWide Telescope. A prima vista WorldWide Telescope è come Google Earth o Virtual Earh, ma al posto di vedere dal cielo la terra, vedremo dalla terra il cielo, o meglio l’universo intero. Infatti è un applicazione desktop che permette di navigare tra le foto [...]

Microsoft has been trying to compete with Google for long but Google products and services have always won user trust because they are free and simple to use. However in the case of Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope the scenario may change indefinitely. Microsoft Worldwide Telescope is an application similar to Google Earth/Sky that will allow users to [...]

World Wide Telescope 是微软亚洲研究员项目，通过它可以浏览太空美景，与Google Sky类似，可以看到绚丽的远太空独特的星云。其数据是来自近哈勃望远镜及近十个分布于世界各地的天文望远镜。当选定一个区域后，可以以多种不同的模式观 看，比如红外线及非可见光模式。使用前需要下载一个客户端程序

Por Enrique Microsoft acaba de lanzar un nuevo producto llamado WorldWide Telescope. En esencia, es un catálogo interactivo hecho con las mejores fotografías de distintos observatorios astronómicos. Ya estuve jugando con el WWT un rato. Lo que más me gusta es la forma fluida en que uno puede magnificar los objetos celestes. Es como si uno [...]

Microsoft Research releases astronomy application WorldWide Telescope, software which offers "terabytes" of detailed telescope images of the night sky for exploration right on your desktop. Zoom, pan, and explore the solar system, galaxies and more using WorldWide Telescope. The BBC reports: Collections include pictures from the Hubble and Spitzer telescopes, as well as the Chandra

A couple of hours ago Microsoft Research released the first public beta of Worldwide Telescope since it’s debut last month. The software is a seamless combination of various state-of-the-art Microsoft technologies including Live Lab’s Photosynth and Seadragon with of course the magical high-resolution pictures from numerous imaging satellites including the Hubble. Those who’ve pl

While this isn’t strictly a Windows Live service, it is still very cool stuff and we told you about it when it was first announced, and now the World Wide Telescope is live and available for download. Check it out now at (thanks to Brandon and Twitter for the heads up!) Now I’m off to download and check it out myself.  Have fun!

Web 2.0 display type software that converts your computer into a virtual telescope, showing the best images from space taken with terrestrial and space telescopes. Take a spectacular journey through spaceexplorating galaxies, solar systems and planets with an impressive visual quality. Microsoft WorldWide Telescope will compete directly with Google Sky. At the moment only available for Windows

Μερικές ώρες πριν, η Microsoft έδωσε στην κυκλοφορία την beta έκδοση του WorldWide Telescope, μιας νέας (και πολυαναμενόμενης) εφαρμογής, η οποία δίνει στον χρήστη την δυνατότητα να εξερευνήσει το... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links,

Cualquier aficionado a "Star Trek" sabe que viajar por el espacio no siempre es fácil, pero Microsoft quiere que llegar a la "última frontera" sea tan simple como encender una computadora. El mayor fabricante mundial de software ha lanzado una aplicación gratuita llamada WorldWide Telescope (Telescopio Mundial) que permite a todo el mundo, desde aficionados al espacio a prof

La batalla entre Google y Microsoft se traslada al espacio. Pocos meses después del anuncio de Google Sky, Microsoft devuelve el golpe con su WorldWide Telescope. Apoyándose en datos proporcionados por la NASA, requiere de la descarga de una aplicación al ordenador del usuario. Y sólo corre bajo Microsoft Windows  

O mais recente adversário do Google Sky acaba de chegar ao mercado e dá pelo nome de Worldwide Telescope, da Microsoft. Se está familiarizado com o Google Sky, então certamente que saberá trabalhar com o novo produto da gigante de Redmond. Apesar de ter sido disponibilizado, hoje, ao grande público, a versão actual encontra-se em estágio “Spring Beta” (fase de testes). O software pe

WorldWide Telescope or WWT as it is called has been released by the Microsoft Corporation for the public to download it and use it.This is akin to Google Earth and can be used by anyone to explore the sky, in a same way as the astronomers do.This is just not any Google earth lookalike or any competitor to Google Sky but if Microsoft is to be believed this combines the best of the Land based and Sp

È disponibile per il download, da questa pagina, il nuovo software, freeware, di Microsoft WorldWide Telescope che consente di esplorare le galassie, le stelle e i pianeti. Worldwide Telescope mette a disposizione ben 12 terabyte di foto ottenute da diverse fonti, come il telescopio Hubble, il centro di osservazione Chandra X-Ray, il telescopio spaziale Spitzer. [...]

The long-awaited, highly anticipated WorldWide Telescope by the software giant, Microsoft, is finally here! They launched the public beta today. This application of Microsoft is quite similar to Google Earth and Virtual Earth. It’s an application that lets you explore the heavens right from your desktop! The images you see are actually astronomical photos that are [...]

Se ricordate qualche qualche giorno fa vi abbiamo annunciato il nuovo servizio Microsoft, WorldWide Telescope, un servizio che permette di navigare tra il cielo e le sue stelle. Con queste servizio Microsoft lancia l’ennesima sfida a Google e al suo Sky View, vedremo se avrà le qualit per contrastare il colosso del Web. Qui trovate il link [...]

Yesterday Microsoft released a project called “Worldwide Telescope.”  The launch is offically set for the end of the month.  I downloaded the program and spent a few minutes with it and already, I’m very impressed.  If you are interested in space then this is a great new free program.  It has heavy requirements and [...]

Dopo Google Sky arriva una nuova e suggestiva esperienza, si tratta del WorldWide Telescope, un nuovo programma gratuito che consente a tutti, dai semplici appassionati ai professori di astronomia, di esplorare in modo semplice e coinvolgente le galassie, i sistemi stellari e i pianeti più lontani. Il programma mette a disposizione 12 terabyte di immagini ad [...]

WorldWide Telescope, ya está disponible para descargar. Es una herramienta similar a Google Sky aunque superior en algunos aspectos ya que es más manejable y ofrece incluso visitas guiadas mostrando espectaculares vistas de el espacio acompañadas por música, una gozada. A quien le interese la astronomía o simplemente le pique la curiosidad el visitar virtualmente [...]

If you love galaxies, exploding stars, exotic nebulae and basically anything to do with astronomy then you will really love the newly launched Microsoft Worldwide Telescope. The new WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft is a free tool that puts together images from the best ground and space based telescopes in the world and collections include pictures [...]

Two days ago we told you it’d be here this month, and it’s out already!  As reported by Ogle Earth and the Virtual Earth Developer Blog, you can go download it right now. Some initial thoughts: It really is a stunning tool. It has SpaceNavigator support (sort of), but it tends to freak out as soon as you [...]

Microsoft WorldWide Telescope is a rich Web application that brings together imagery from the best ground and space-based observatories like Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and others across the world to allow people to easily explore the night sky through their computers. “The WorldWide Telescope is a powerful [...]

Ora non ci basta più gironzolare virtualmente per le città: con questa nuova applicazione targata Microsoft Research è possibile partecipare a visite guidate del cielo da parte di astronomi ed esperti di famosi osservatori. Ovviamente è possibile anche “perdersi” nello spazio girovagando solitari “alla ricerca di qualche strana e nuova forma di vita sconosciuta…” Le specifiche tecni

Software giant Microsoft has launched their Worldwide Telescope service. This free web based service provides access to images from the universe to users around the world. The company said that the service combines images supplied by various sources including Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Center, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Bill Gates, Microsoft’s chairman added: “

A couple of hours ago Microsoft Research released the first public beta of Worldwide Telescope since it’s debut last month. The software is a seamless combination of various state-of-the-art Microsoft technologies including Live Lab’s Photosynth and Seadragon with of course the magical high-resolution pictures from numerous imaging satellites including the Hubble. Those who’ve pl

Microsoft's Telescope for EveryoneThe WorldWide Telescope lets amateur astronomers explore the cosmos through a computer, which provides a photo map of the heavens Link - Mon, 12 May 2008 21:01:00 GMT - Feed (1 subs) Sent using SendMeRss.com. Visit here to unsubscribe from "2-business" via X2 in Google. Recommended Feeds/Actions Subscribe DealMeRSS.com - Great Deals Delivere

Want to try out for yourself what made Robert Scoble cry? Tonight, Microsoft Research has made available the Spring Beta of WorldWide Telescope. Download: WorldWide Telescope Spring Release WorldWide Telescope is an application designed to turn your PC into a "virtual telescope" by stitching together terabytes (soon to be petabytes) of high-resolution images of the universe. Massive amounts of da

Want to try out for yourself what made Robert Scoble cry? Tonight, Microsoft Research has made available the Spring Beta of WorldWide Telescope. Download: WorldWide Telescope Spring Release WorldWide Telescope is an application designed to turn your PC into a "virtual telescope" by stitching together terabytes (soon to be petabytes) of high-resolution images of the universe. Massive amounts of da

"Microsoft has released its highly anticipated Worldwide Telescope software, which can be used by astronomers and non-astronomers alike to explore the heavens with a desktop client akin to Google Earth. We’ll have a detailed review up shortly. Until then, head over the site and download your copy for free (Windows only)."[via tech crunch]

Microsoft has launched WorldWide Telescope, a free tool that stitches together images from some of the best ground- and space-based telescopes. Microsoft says the “final frontier got a bit closer” as the software giant officially launches the public beta of its WorldWide Telescope, which is now available at Very similar to Google Sky, WorldWide Telescope [...]

Not wasting any time in rebounding from its failed attempt to buy Yahoo, Microsoft is now readying its own response to Google Sky -- a tool known as Worldwide Telescope, which is set to launch at the end of the month. The free software form Microsoft will be aimed at letting users view the night sky through data gathered by NASA's Hubble Space telescope and other telescopes throughout the globe,

According to a few sources, Microsoft’s WorldWide Telescope is due to release sometime this month.  During a speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, Bill Gates summarized WWTS in one sentence: “This is taking data that’s very complex, gathered over many years from many telescopes, and making it accessible.” Given the great previews that people have reported, I’m looking forward [...]

La lotta tra colossi non si ferma, infatti Microsoft è in procinto di lanciare un nuovo servizio web, si chiama WorldWide Telescope, e permetterà agi utenti di esplorare il cielo. Con questo progetto Microsoft lancia l’ennesima sfida a Google e al suo Sky View. Ad annunciare l’uscita, che è prevista per fine Maggio, proprio il Front man, [...]

The long-awaited Worldwide Telescope will be launched by the end of the month. The software is much like Google Earth, Microsoft Virtual Earth and NASA World Wind.This is taking data that's very complex, gathered over many years from manytelescopes, and making it accessible , on his talk at Jakarta, Indonesia.Bill Gates, with Microsoft, dedicates the software to Jim Gray, who got lost missing on at sea last year.

A unique special event which honors one of the men who changed history: “Galileo’s Telescope” is on view at Institute and Museum of the History of Science of Florence from 4th March to 31st December 2008. The exhibition’s aim is to emphasize the evolution of scientific researches made by Galileo, and his genial intuitions [...]

A team of scientists from Observatoire Midi Pyrénées in Toulouse, France have been working with an unusual technique for focusing light. It takes advantage of diffraction - the bending of waves when they encounter an obstacle in their path - to focus light as it passes through a foil sheet with precise holes in it. [...]

So you have gone out and bought a telescope and have no idea what to do with it. Go out into the night sky and look for the brightest objects you can find. They are the best to start with because they are easy to find. Then after that, the sky, [...]

Depending on the type of sky telescope you have purchased, you should be able to see many wondrous images with it. You might see the moon’s surface, the moons of Jupiter, or even Saturn’s rings. With some knowledge of the sky and constellations, you may be able to pick out some star [...]

Conceptualized in 1946 and launched in 1990, the Hubble telescope orbits the Earth and sends pictures back that aren’t blurred by background light or the atmosphere. The telescope was named after Edwin Hubble who made a great scientific breakthrough when he found that the universe was expanding. Draw backs of Hubble telescope: After the Hubble [...]

There are so many choices of telescopes out there. What do you buy and what do you really need? How to pick a telescope that meets your needs? Here are a few things to keep in mind so you don’t buy a telescope that won’t meet what you need or want it [...]

Rumors of a Dutchman creating a device that would bring objects closer so you could see them more clearly reached Galileo in 1609. With that inspiration he created Galileo’s Telescope. He started using the device after he refined it to a 10-power telescope and made some amazing discoveries with Galileo’s Telescope. Discoveries with [...]

When you go to purchase your first telescope, there are many things you should consider before buying it. Among them are portability, Maintenance, Storage Space, and Price. The goal is to get the most viewing ability for what you can afford. Things to consider when buying your first telescope: If you live in the city and [...]

The photo is captured by the Hubble Space Telescope way back in March 2005. It is an image of V838 Monocerotis star which lies near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy. The same photo is overlaid with a familiar logo, an the fits in nicely!!! Actually, I think Internet Explorer logo can fit in too. It does look like a big 'e' as well.Source: Firefox Logo Spied In Deep Space

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The first inhabitants of the world were compelled to accommodate their acts to the daily and annual alternations of light and darkness and of heat and cold. In history there are only a few distinguished men who made such a big contribution to astronomy, one of them was Galileo Galilei and his work with the [...]

Do you use your mobile a lot for taking pictures if so then you are going to love this telescope from a company called the Japanese Green House company. This telescope comes with a mobile phone holder and a tripod and this telescope will also give you up to 8x zoom. Would you use something like this? source

After seeing the starry pictures from NASA, you may be wondering how to buy a telescope, and explore the universe for yourself. There are many department stores selling telescopes, however, to buy a telescope which will help you with looking at objects clearly in the night sky, you will need to know some key points. Most [...]

Release your inner paparazzi with this telescopic lens for your Nokia mobile phones. Designed to overcome the many limitations of camera-based phones, this has been designed to let you snoop – er –focus in on things of interest, from afar.The attachment offers 6x zoom, which is not bad for £10. You need to attach it to the special phone back bundled and manually adjust it before snapping away. That said, and before you whip out your much-abused credit card, this will only work with Nokia 6230 and 6680 mobile camera phones at the moment. The rest of you peeping toms – bird-watchers - will have to wait a little longer. Via I4U.

Beautiful Barred Spiral GalaxyBarred spirals differ from normal spiral galaxies in that the arms of the galaxy do not spiral all the way into the center, but are connected to the two ends of a straight bar of stars containing the nucleus at its center.Photo by: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage TeamHubble reveals previously unseen shocksThis new, detailed, Hubble image shows a planetary nebula in the making of a proto-planetary nebula. A dying star (hidden behind dust and gas in the centre of the nebula) has ejected massive amounts of gas.Photo by: NASA, ESA, Valentin BujarrabalVariable Stars in Distant Spiral GalaxyA NASA ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST) view of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, the most distant galaxy in which a special class of pulsating stars called Cepheid variable

It is not good to blog about Google Sky (including Google Moon and Google Mars) but leave out WorldWide Telescope (WWT). WWT is created by Microsoft and it is coming in Spring 2008 as stated on its website (but it is mid-March now).The key distinction of WWT from Google Sky is that WWT is using high resolution imagery. WWT also seems to have smoother zooming and panning (at least this is what I see in the demo video). WWT has interactive guided tours and a mini-zoom-map located at a corner, but in Google Sky, the navigation tends to be less systematic, I simply click randomly to discover things and I don't know where I am. Otherwise, I can't see much difference from Google Sky.WWT is expected to be available as free download.

Since the dawn of time, man has looked up at the heavens and wondered the beauty it may contain. Over the last few hundred years, the telescope has been an instrument which has allowed the heavens to come into our doorstep. A telescope is an instrument that makes it possible to look at stars and the [...]

Simon Cowell, stop looking! Cowell tells the London Mirror that he has had great fun installing a telescope in his kitchen, after watching the movie 10 with Dudley Moore. In the movie, Moore installed a telescope in his Beverly Hills home to spy on his neighbor. Now Simon tellls the Mirror he has done the same, installing his [...]

Want to take pictures far away with that new Apple iPhone?  Why not just add a telescope to the iPhone?  That's right a telescope.  Vavolo.com is selling an iPhone telescope for $19.99 that is made to help you extend your iPhone viewing distant so you can capture the excitement of instant moment far from you conveniently.Imagine you are watching a concert performs but your seat is far away. The iPhone telescope is able to help you get much closer and clearer image as you want. It is intended for overcome the short coming of camera that can only near-sighted, it also a device suitable for long distant viewing.The iPhone telescope features a stylish, compact design with a  optical zoom: 6x will allows users to overcome the short coming of camera mobile that can only n

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The iPhone is a a fantastically cool phone but it’s photography capabilities are not exactly bleeding edge (paper cut sharp at best), could the iPhone Cellphone Telescope-Snap be the answer. This iPhone telescope is made to help you extend your iPhone viewing distand, capture the excitement of instant moment far from you conveniently. Incorporate a new design to allow ray effectively avoid the

In this image released by the Large Binocular Camera team, Rome Observatory, is an image taken by the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, Ariz., showing a spiral galaxy 102 million light years away. Considered the world's most powerful telescope, it has taken celestial images using its twin side-by-side, 27.6 foot primary mirrors together, achieving first "binocular" light. Largest

Ever wonder what is like to peep on the skies with a observatory’s telescope. Well, I didn’t really get the chance to do it in real life back in my days, i only get a mini cheap telescope to view lunar esclipse. Recently, Microsoft is making a lot of buzz on astronomical stuff, well I wasn’t really serious in reading their article but, then I came across this Youtube vide. It seems

There is a nice video up on TED that shows WWTS in action (about 6:30 in length). It’s certainly worth watching. Also, you can view a few other promo videos on WorldWideTelescope.org. These videos are mostly just promo pieces and don’t really show the product, though. The official release date is still simply “Spring, 2008″.

Robert Scoble has admitted that a demo of Microsoft’s World Wide Telescope a few weeks ago made him cry. A snippet: You drag around the sky. There’s Mars. There’s the big dipper. There’s Beetlejuice. Etc. It’s just like the star party you probably attended in college. But it has one difference between any telescope you’ve ever looked at. You [...]

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is soliciting the member of public to suggest a name for their newly invented telescope. Currently they call it Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (Glast), it is supposed to be launched in mid 2008. Nasa seems to have realized that the acronym-derived name is not most compelling. The offer is open till 31st Mar 2008. If you are clicking with a ideal name then visit -name and with the name give a statement of 25 words or less why your suggested name suits its` mission. “ We`re looking for name suggestions that will capture the excitement of the Glast mission and call attention to gamma-ray and high –energy astronomy. We are looking for something memorable to commemorate this spectacular new astronomy mission” – says Alan S

Item:The small telescope used by Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in "Pirates of the Carribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"(2003). It comes in a nice mounted frame and with a Certificate of Authenticity.Auction ends:Jan-18-08 17:59:26 PSTAuction link:Pirate Telescope

GPS telescopeIf you want an expensive GPS embedded gadget you should look into the CPC 1100 GPS XLT which is a diffraction limited Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. It’ll set you back about $2900 but think of all the girls you can impress with your 11″ lens.The CPC 1100 GPS has a database of over 40,000 objects is fully computerized and has high-end features such as hibernate which lets the telescope maintain its star alignment night after night without needing to be re-aligned. In case you are wondering the GPS is for automatically downloading the date and time from orbiting satellites and pinpointing its exact location on Earth to eliminate the need for you to manually enter the date, time, longitude and latitude. Once the CPC’s position is established aligning the telescope is easy.Simply locate and use hand control to manually point (slew) the telescope to three bright celestial objects. You do not need to know the names of the stars — you may even pick the moon or bright plane