Comments on: Microsoft’s Free Astronomy Software

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YouTube - Microsoft's Free Astronomy Software — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:46:19 +0000

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By: Liberator

Liberator — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:48:03 +0000

i love astronomy and i have downloaded this and loved it because i love looking for super novas and blue giants

By: ramcosca

ramcosca — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:44:25 +0000

You know what sucks about this? This doesn’t run on a MacBook. Great, thanks Microsoft for forgetting about a high number of users!

Other than that, this seems like a great program. I hope people use it as they should: in schools, for education.

By: Jamie Jahnke

Jamie Jahnke — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:12:16 +0000

Nice tool, I was a big astronomy junkie when I was a kid.

By: Phreakeo

Phreakeo — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:39:43 +0000

This program is amazing! It’s the Google Maps of space.
I recommend 100%.

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 29 May 2008 22:38:03 +0000

this software is awesome i just downloaded it a couple of days ago it is so much fun to look at the stars and galaxies. its like google earth just ten times cooler

By: SlipFlurry

SlipFlurry — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:46:41 +0000

I really respect how Microsoft has concentrated to make this really great free product. I like how it lets you see the position of certain planets in the future so you can pick them out in the sky since it is very easy to confuse them with stars.

By: Finlay Craig

Finlay Craig — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:45:43 +0000

I’m not sure if people could really relate to this as well as people can to something like GoogleEarth. For one, I for one don’t know about many constellations up there – our skies aren’t the most transparent either. Plus, I think people would find looking at somewhere they know, or are going to more interesting. AND, we can already look up at the Sky. We have these sort of services already because they shows us things we can’t readily see from earth (GoogleEarth, GoogleMars for example). Not an app for my tastes, but I’m sure it will be a hit with others!

By: Boredcollegekid

Boredcollegekid — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:23:20 +0000

I tried out Google’s new one. Google Sky or something along those lines. Was pretty fun for a while. but I think I’ll stick with this planet for the time being ;)

By: Sugaslim

Sugaslim — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:54:22 +0000

I honestly believe that Microsoft is humbling itself and focusing on making good products. As for this, I think I will have to download it. I have also had this fascination with back holes and interstellar space travel since freshman year. Maybe we can find something in the sky that scientists dont know is there yet.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:42:49 +0000

Yea isnt this amazing? Soo cool what tech can do these days

By: r3novatyo

r3novatyo — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:11:17 +0000

“World Wide Telescope” knew but awesome idea.I never thought of this possibility before.I’ll try it.Microsoft does usually great pieces of software.This I think it’s one of it!

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:08:17 +0000

Sounds kind of like the “Sky” feature in Google Earth. I remember when Google Earth first came out – I thought it was incredible that you could see satellite imagery of the entire planet. But I’ll definitely check this astronomy software out- it sounds very interesting!

By: aeiz

aeiz — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:52:18 +0000

Smooth move on Microsoft’s part making it Windows only… I’d love to run this, but I’m on OSX. I’ll stick to Google Earth for now, sorry MS.

By: TechGuy555

TechGuy555 — Thu, 29 May 2008 03:43:58 +0000

I remember when I first got interested in astronomy when Google Earth started their service. This is 2 or 3 times better than that. It’s pretty cool to be able to look at all of this really amazing information for free. I really like the fact that you can view the sky from different spectrums, too. Maybe Microsoft does do some good…