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Your Sky

http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

Provider: John Walker of Fourmilab Switzerland

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Appropriate grades
3–12
Subjects
science (astronomy)
Provider
John Walker of Fourmilab Switzerland

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Your Sky is a virtual planetarium. Enter your latitude and longitude or the name of a nearby city and create a Sky Map or see a Horizon View of the night sky from your observing site. Your Sky's Virtual Telescope allows you to zoom in on particular objects in the sky. You can set a time and date, aiming point, and/or orbital elements to track an asteroid or comet. There are a variety of viewing options. Students can compose a request with custom settings and save the results with a bookmark, allowing direct access to the virtual telescope with all the controls preset to their own preferences.