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Preview the upcoming Eclipse of the Sun in WWT
On July 22nd there will be a total eclipse of the Sun that will last for over 6 mins that is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth.  One of the best regions to see it will be China and the organizers have published a Read More...
Posted 06 July 09 03:20 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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WorldWide Telescope – Busy couple of weeks – NASA and SilverLight
Yesterday the joint press release went out on the collaboration and Space Act Agreement we’re been working on with NASA for sometime.  We’re really excited about working with NASA to process many datasets like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Read More...
Posted 25 March 09 01:53 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Using Flickr for Astronomy – and viewing in WWT
The use of online services such as Flickr to help scientists is in its infancy and applications utilizing commodity based solutions will continue to pick up momentum.  I especially like the integration and the ease of use – science should be about Read More...
Posted 20 February 09 02:55 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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The Earth, Stars, and Planets in 3D
One of the coolest new features of the WWT Solstice Borealis Beta (released at the beginning of Jan) is the ability to see the Earth, Stars, and Planets in a stereoscopic 3D effect .  I’ve been using the Anaglyph mode (View |  {arrow} | Stereo Read More...
Posted 27 January 09 11:20 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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WALL•E's Universe in WorldWide Telescope
Now this is fun science - Microsoft Research and Disney•Pixar team up to offer guided tours of the universe with WorldWide Telescope – how better to get our children interested in science and the universe – for most of us it was the Apollo Missions that Read More...
Posted 18 November 08 08:24 by Dan Fay | 3 Comments   
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TED Talks - Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope
I realized I hadn't posted the link to the TED Talk on the WorldWide Telescope   Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong gi ve an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds Read More...
Posted 28 March 08 10:00 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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