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Google Experiments with 100,000 Stars


November 20, 2012 By

Using galaxy images, star renderings and sun images from Wikipedia, NASA and other sources, Google has created its 100,000 Stars experiment -- an "interactive visualization of the stellar neighborhood" -- for its Chrome browser, according to Google.

Zooming in as far as possible takes users to the sun, shown above, which is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields, according to Wikipedia.

Though the company warns that the scientific accuracy is not guaranteed, the experiment shows the location of 119,617 nearby stars, and users can zoom in on 87 individually identified stars and our solar system. The galaxy view, shown below, is an artist's rendition based on NGC 1232, a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way.

Don't have Chrome but want to see what you're missing? See a preview below:


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WVFed    |    Commented November 21, 2012

Bad spelling error in the link - "experiement" ?

Jessica Mulholland    |    Commented November 21, 2012

Hi WVFed, it's fixed! Thanks for looking out for us!


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