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April 18, 2008

Posted by Ryan Scranton, Google Sky Teammany other featuresupdated Sky a few months agoCelestronSpaceTelescope.org's HubblecastStarDateVirtual TourismEarth & Sky

The Hubblecast brings you the latest science from the Hubble Space Telescope in video form, complete with animations and explanations by the astronomers doing the observations.

StarDate, produced by the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory, provides daily podcasts about the latest astronomy news and what's up in the sky for stargazers.

The Celestron layer uses the audio from its SkyScout to give users a guided tour of over 200 objects around the sky, from constellations to the brightest stars and deep sky objects that can be seen with the naked eye.

Keir Clarke of Virtual Tourism put together an excellent collection of astronomy videos from around the web, all registered to the proper location on the sky.Keir's efforts follow in the footsteps of Stephanie Lange, who assembled the Hevelius Constellations layer. They are examples of Sky users who created something so cool that we had to share it with the widest possible audience.