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Unidentified object mystery solved

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:32:29 +0000

In previous post I asked about unknown object on one of the latest APOD images. I thought it could be a supernova. But it appears to be a simple image processing error. Mystery solved!

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Supernova near NGC 5216?

admin — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 03:25:39 +0000

Beautiful image of NGC 5216 on today’s astronomy picture of the day (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100702.html). I notice some new object at (13:32:39 62°42’52″). Does anyone know what is that? Supernova?

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short demo on how does astro-overlay link works

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 16:13:31 +0000

The short video below demonstrates how you can enrich any online astronomical image with WikiSky’s AstroOverlay features right in your browser just by using javascript link described in previous post

Astro-Overlay demo

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New interface introduction – Astronomical Image Overlay

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:33:15 +0000

The SKY-MAP team is happy to introduce new interface we are working on right now called Astronomical Image Overlay. It allows (by adding single line of code to a page that show one or more astronomical images) to add new cool layer of other images overlapping same patch of the sky (drag mouse over the image below and you will notice the line of other images that you can zoom by moving mouse over):

Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82; Credit & Copyright: Leonardo Orazi; Source: APOD

If you want to add this interface to your page, simply add this line of code at the end of your html file, before tag:

Moreover, you can simply add this interface right in your browser to any page you are visiting by simply putting following code in browser’s location (URL) following by :

javascript:a=document.createElement('script');a.src='http://sky-map.org/js/astroOverlay';a.onload=function(){astroOverlay()};document.body.appendChild(a);void+0

or put that line in your browser’s bookmarks toolbar, and by clicking on it current page you are visiting will be enriched with the AstroOverlay interface (currently doesn’t work in Internet Explorer). The interface is new and we are still working on fixing bugs and user experience improvements. Feel free to give it a try and let us know what’s your experience with this new feature.

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0-zoom images updated

WikiSky — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:17:19 +0000

DSS2 all sky image (aitoff projection)

SDSS all sky image (aitoff projection)

RASS3 all sky image (aitoff projection)

GALEX all sky image (aitoff projection)

Astrophoto all sky image (aitoff projection)

IRAS (infrared) all sky image (aitoff projection)

H-Alhpa all sky image (aitoff projection)

We have updated images at top zoom level (0). We already had 0-zoom images for IRAS, H-Alpha, astrophoto and SKY-MAP surveys. New images include DSS2, SDSS, RASS3 and GALEX surveys. Also astrophoto updated with latest images. The top level images represent whole sky in aitoff projection with center in R.A.=12^h, Dec.=0°

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