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| url = http://www.google.com/sky
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| language = English
| registration = Yes, with Google Account
| owner = ]
| launch date = August 27, 2007
| current status = Active
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'''Google Sky''' is a ] for ]'s ] and an online sky/outer space viewer at ''www.google.com/sky''. It was created on August 27, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/google-earth5.htm|author=Julia Layton|coauthors=Jonathan Strickland and Charles W. Bryant|publisher='']''|accessdate=March 30, 2011|title=How Google Earth Works}}</ref> The application allows users to view a collaboration of images from NASA satellites, the ], and the ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Sky, Slooh bringing users live astronomy|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20019568-52.html|author=Daniel Terdiman|date=October 15, 2010|publisher='']''|accessdate=March 30, 2011}}</ref>
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It is available on ] and can be used on a ] as an ] application.

== Google Earth version ==
The first Google Sky version to be created was on the ] program called Google Earth. It features a number of layers, similar to the earth mode. It is mapped with images on the inside of the Google Earth sphere, with the north and south poles lining up with the two poles in Google Sky. As with other ] programs, it is viewed from the inside looking out from the center. It is currently facing competition from ]'s ].<ref>{{cite web|title=Microsoft's Online Telescope Blasts Google Out Of The Sky|url=http://www.crn.com/blogs-op-ed/the-channel-wire/207603363/microsofts-online-telescope-blasts-google-out-of-the-sky.htm;jsessionid=Flly9tht7BjQGeekmIaKlA**.ecappj01|author=Kevin McLaughlin|date=May 13, 2008|publisher='']''|accessdate=March 30, 2011}}</ref>

=== Layers ===
* '''Welcome to Sky''': An introduction to the Sky mode.
* '''Current Sky Events'''
** ''''']'' Podcasts'''
** ''''']'''''
** ''''']''''' from McDonald Observatory
** '''VOEventNET'''
* '''Our Solar System''': Shows locations, ] and information of the ].
* '''Backyard Astronomy''': Shows information about ]s and other space sights visible from a backyard ].
* '''Featured Observatories'''
** '''] Showcase'''
** '''] Infrared Sky'''
* '''Education Center'''
** '''] SkyScout ]'''
** '''] ]'''
** '''User's Guide to ]'''
** '''Life of a Star'''
* '''Historical Sky Maps'''
** '''Rumsey Star Maps'''
** '''Hevelius Constellations'''
* '''Sky Community''': Posted ] files in the Sky ] in the ].

==Website==
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Google also runs an internet version of Sky, which was created in response to the popularity of the Google Earth application.<ref>{{cite web|title=Viewing Google Sky through a browser|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9893818-7.html|date=March 13, 2008|author=Elinor Mills|publisher='']''|accessdate=March 30, 2011}}</ref> Google Sky Website was launched on March 13, 2008. It's accessible from any web browser and operating system and available in 26 languages (the first Google Maps product to support right-to-left languages). It was coded by Diego Gavinowich, a Latin America Code Jam finalist from Buenos Aires who joined Google for a winter internship, with the help of other engineers on their 20% time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Sky Rises Above Google Earth |url=http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/webdev/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903583|date=March 13, 2008|author=Thomas Claburn|accessdate=March 30, 2011|publisher='']''}}</ref>

Features include:

* Search (recently disabled)
* Layers
** Infrared
** Microwave
** Historical
* Galleries highlighting
** Selected images from Hubble and other telescopes.
** Chandra X-Ray Showcase
** GALEX Ultraviolet Showcase
** Spitzer Infrared Showcase
* Current planet positions and constellations.
* Overlays of custom KML content.
* Earth & Sky podcasts gallery.

== See also ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{Official website|www.google.com/sky}}

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