Check it out, I typed in Alpha Centauri and it zoomed right in.


Video

Its a awsome tool, very educational program,

Wow.. Pretty Cool..

yea, a very cool app, makes me want a telescope, so much beatuful stuff in the sky

Here is a video of it I made this afternoon.... it was hard though......

Google Earth Space Video

*cough*rip off*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestia

Yes, there is a great deal of beautiful stuff in the sky, but be aware that you will have to invest some money to obtain a telescope worth the effort ($1000+), you will have to learn how to look through one and observe, and realize that what you see in this program are time exposed photographic representations of celestial objects, not what you will see with the naked eye through the telescope.


Actual astronomical observation is a bit different from what you see here. Get yourself a telescope that's capable of astrophotography, and you can produce some pretty spectacular images...with practice!


I might suggest the Celestron Nextar SE in 6" or 8" apertures as a great scope to start with...$1000 to $1500, and you can do astrophotography with them...

While in the new Google Earth Press CTRL + ALT + A and it will open a hidden flight simulator built into google earth (not kidding)

Thats really great! Can,t wait to start exploring !

That's a nice video. Where is the music from?

This was very helpfull

This is pretty frickin' awesome.

i just downloaded it and it was a bit different to how i thought it was going to be.

Iv,e loved Astronomy ever since i was five

same here

there's a virtual telescope called the worldwide telescope made by microsoft, it's a bit like google earth but it's better