Google Earth Sky KMLs 2
Crab Nebula animation
The Crab Nebula is what was created due to the supernova explosion that is supposed to have occurred in 1054 AD. It is located about 6000 light years from our planet. The Crab Nebula animation KML was created to enable users to learn more about Crab Nebula. With the help of this KML, you can view, right inside Google Earth, an animation that shows the formation of Crab Nebula. This animation was created by Joey P. Wade, and uploaded on You Tube video.
To do so, you just need to press the Play button situated next to time animation slider and then wait for some time. Then it should start and you can sit back and enjoy this amazing video.
Microwave Sky
This is the KML, which will provide you views, and information of the differences in temperature in the cosmic Microwave background radiation. This KML is created from the data that was obtained from a satellite called Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.
The images that you get to see through this KML are possibly the deepest look at the universe. This is because they were developed from the rays that have traveled through space for more than 13 billions years before they were collected. Because of this, researchers, students or general people can learn the infancy of our universe in a new perspective.
For using this KML also, you need to turn on the Sky layer in Google Earth 4.2.
Exoplanets
This KML is provided by the California and Carnegie Planet Search. It will enable you to take a tour of the planets outside our solar system. More than 200 planets, which were discovered by astronomers during the past two decades, are covered under this KML.
This KML provides you views of orbits of each of these planetary systems. You can also compare the orbits of Jupiter and Earth that are drawn for comparison. In addition to this, some additional information like planetary masses, links to the original discovery papers, features and details of the host star, etc, also are included.
This KML can be used when you switch to the Sky in Google Earth 4.2.
VOEventNet
Sky is never always the same. A lot of changes are take place in the sky. You can know about current changes taking place in the sky through this KML. The VOEventNet will connect you to the data feeds astronomers and by doing so you can know about the gravitational microlensing events and gamma ray bursts. These two phenomena can be used to track the changes that take place in the sky. If you do not know what these phenomena are, you can get some basic information about them, when you start this KML in Google Earth.
The links are updated after every 15 minutes and also the directions are changed frequently. You can thus follow up observations and analysis of the sky around you.
This KML also is available through Google Sky and therefore you need to turn Sky on in your Google Earth 4.2.
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