{"id":3941,"date":"2011-02-23T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2011\/02\/23\/worldwide-telescope-the-interactive-sky-on-your-desktop\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:34:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:34:06","slug":"worldwide-telescope-the-interactive-sky-on-your-desktop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/worldwide-telescope-the-interactive-sky-on-your-desktop\/","title":{"rendered":"WorldWide Telescope: The Interactive Sky on Your Desktop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A free, interactive virtual learning environment, <\/span><\/span><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/worldwidetelescope.org\/\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">WorldWide Telescope<\/span><\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. Through its interactive dashboard, you can browse high-resolution imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes, giving you a visually powerful perspective of the size, scale, and features of the universe. Curtis Wong, principal researcher for Microsoft Research eScience and co-creator of WorldWide Telescope, demonstrated some of the capabilities of this versatile technology at TEDxCaltech on January 14, 2011. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">[View:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HkldGXyL-Ag&feature=feedu]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em>&mdash;Curtis Wong, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research eScience<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Learn More<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/wwt-ap\/\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Worldwide Telescope Academic Program<\/span><\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/apps\/video\/default.aspx?id=144906\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Worldwide Telescope Introductory Video<\/span><\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/collaboration\/focus\/e3\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Other Earth, Energy, and Environment Projects<\/span><\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A free, interactive virtual learning environment, WorldWide Telescope enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. Through its interactive dashboard, you can browse high-resolution imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes, giving you a visually powerful perspective of the size, scale, and features of the universe. Curtis Wong, principal researcher for Microsoft Research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32627,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr-author-ordering":[],"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[195225,187066,193504,197409,197709,197715,187311],"research-area":[],"msr-region":[],"msr-event-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"msr-promo-type":[],"msr-podcast-series":[],"class_list":["post-3941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-blog","tag-curtis-wong","tag-escience","tag-microsoft-research","tag-tedxcaltech","tag-virtual-learning","tag-virtual-telescope","tag-worldwide-telescope","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_event_details":{"start":"","end":"","location":""},"podcast_url":"","podcast_episode":"","msr_research_lab":[],"msr_impact_theme":[],"related-publications":[],"related-downloads":[],"related-videos":[],"related-academic-programs":[],"related-groups":[],"related-projects":[],"related-events":[],"related-researchers":[],"msr_type":"Post","byline":"","formattedDate":"February 23, 2011","formattedExcerpt":"A free, interactive virtual learning environment, WorldWide Telescope enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope. 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