links for 2007-08-22

22 Aug 2007

• Twitter: Astronomy picture of the day
  Daily notification, including the title and a link to the image. (Also available as an RSS feed.)
  (tags: twitter astronomy astrophotography photography nasa space)
• Apple Dashboard: Starry Night Widget
  Astronomy widget that will let you see the sky (planets, constellations) for any location on Earth
  (tags: astronomy widgets apple stars nightsky observations planets constellations location)
• Google Sky
  Explore the universe with the new layer for Google Earth
  (tags: nightsky observations stars universe planets constellations astronomy google googleearth googlesky)
• BBC NEWS: Google Earth given celestial view
  Optional layers allow users to explore images from the Hubble Space Telescope as well as animations of lunar cycles.
  (tags: astronomy constellations google googleearth sky moon lunar googlesky observations telescopes hubble space)
• Stellarium
  Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
  (tags: planetarium astronomy celestial constellations planets science sky nightsky observations opensource crossplatform software)