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I suppose it's because they want you to download the app that is linked on the bottom right corner?
The link doesn't appear if you visit on an iOS device. Could you post it here?
Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever
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And I'm sick of iPhone users ...
So sorry. Some of us just think that if we have a standards compliant web browser we should be able to use it to view things regardless of what device it is running on.
And your point is? The website is based on Flash and there is an iPhone app available. Now, how is this related to browser standards?
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#53This is so well done - I especially like the galactic reference in the lower left corner, that shows the FOV and direction. I promise not to say anything unkind about Flash for at least a week.
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#54Can't get it to work on firefox (v26.0) on osx (v10.7.5)
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#55Just found you can zoom with the mousewheel. Zomming in on what appears an interesting feature reveals more and more details. This is just awesome. I can't help but feel more insignificant than usual when exploring this sky map.
It'd be even cooler if there were deeper zoom levels which linked in images specifically of a particular object. Say I find and zoom in on the Horse Head Nebula I get to images of that specific object.
Well, you can click on the object which takes you to further information.
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#56The biggest surprise to me is it requires Adobe Flash.
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#57Impressive to see how big (near) the Andromeda galaxy is compared to all the rest.
Andromeda looks actually really big! It reminds of this post on APOD showing the apparent size compared to the moon: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html Mind = blown.
Wow! I had seen Andromeda before as a casual star-gazer and still had not realized this, just as the cited NASA webpage points out.
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#58I was able to spot the Magellan clouds, the Andromeda but where is Triangulum?
Just below Andromeda. Find Mirach, the brightest star below the plane of Andromeda, then go the same distance further south.
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#59I didn't see this info anywhere so...
Try these keys:
a for in, z for out,
and the 4 arrow keys...
much better that way!
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
So sorry. Some of us just think that if we have a standards compliant web browser we should be able to use it to view things regardless of what device it is running on.
And your point is? The website is based on Flash and there is an iPhone app available. Now, how is this related to browser standards?
Maybe make that clear? Maybe have a link to the iPhone app? Something better than a ca. 1999 "get a real browser" message.