Simbad data in Google Sky

[Chenzhou CUI]

Cool!

The astronomy applications for Google Sky are increasing rapidly. It 
seems that Google Sky becomes a potential competitor of VO portals, i.e. 
Aladin.

Cheers,


Thomas Boch wrote:
> Dear Apps members,
>
> We have worked the last few days on providing Simbad data in Google Sky.
> The KML file is available here : 
> http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/googlesky-pages/simbad.kml
>
> Once loaded in Sky, it will retrieve Simbad objects and display them
> with various icons according to the object type. The query is actually
> performed if and only if the span of the current view is smaller than
> 0.5 deg.
> The attached snapshot gives you an overview of what it looks like.
>
> Your comments and feedback are very welcome.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Thomas, for the CDS team
>

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