VOEvents in Google Sky

[Roy Williams]

Today Google has released a new Sky layer for Google Earth [1]. In 
conjunction, the VOEventNet project [2] is pleased to announce a set of 
mashups showing recent astronomical transients, updated every 15 
minutes. The mashups show GCN feeds (SWIFT, Milagro, Integral), the 
GRBlog (contains sky-located GCN circulars), as well as OGLE 
microlensing events. The event feeds contain VOEvents, and drilldown is 
available to finding charts, light curves, and original VOEvents. Once 
the new Google Earth is installed, click on the mashup links [3], [4], 
[5] to automatically show the content.

[1] To use Sky, you will need to update your Google Earth client 
application to the latest (4.2) version at http://earth.google.com. 
Click the black and yellow icon at the top center to switch to Sky.

[2] http://voeventnet.caltech.edu
[3] http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/google/GCN.kmz
[4] http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/google/GRBlog.kmz
[5] http://voeventnet.caltech.edu/google/OGLE.kmz

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