#worldwidetelescope

Programas de simulación del firmamento y de la galaxia

Existe una multitud de software astronómico para simular en tu ordenador el firmamento, con estos se trata de saber en cada momento que constelaciones y objetos se pueden apreciar, y también viajar por el espacio hasta los objetos astronómicos más increíbles que os podáis imaginar de la galaxiay de fuera de esta, y todo sin despegaros del ordenador. En esta entrada os voy a hablar de los tres que…

**Edit: I just realized because I finally watched it that you have to start the video at four minutes!!

To hear a bit more and see some other photos, here's a video of our return to Ignite Baltimore to talk about how we've done with the project.

I went to see the mock-up of the new James Webb Telescope they had on display at SXSW. The telescope itself is apparently slated to go up sometime in 2018, as far as I know. Its purpose is to use infrared light to map out the beginning of the "Cosmic Dawn," or the beginning of visible light in the universe. The design itself is pretty cool; it'll orbit the Sun and have shields to block the light so it can capture infrared light of other star systems. 

There was also a tent with information about a cool new program for Microsoft called WorldWideTelescope. It's a program you can download for free here: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx

http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/