I recently came across an article talking about Google Sky-Map for Android. This isn’t just some regular sky-map, it has time travel! You can look back on certain days to see what the sky looked like or how the sky is going to look in a couple of weeks. It’s extremely fascinating and interesting to experience.
I have seen other apps which allow you to look up into the sky and see constellations and such, but this app also allows you to see these constellations and when a specific planet has possibly lined up.
The reason why I chose to introduce this app is because I not only find it to be interesting, but it makes me wonder how much further we can progress with this app. In a couple of years or even sooner they may be able to not only show us the stars and planets, but satellites and galaxies that are right outside of ours. Then, you add the time travel aspect and we will be able to see what it looked like before those satellites. Is it crazy to think we will be able to see new things using the future aspect of the app? (YES), but I can wish. I just find this app to be pretty neat because I have always been interested in astronomy and it gives me the chance to gaze upon different constellations and planets with a mobile phone that I keep in my back pocket. Who knows what else programmers and technology will allow us to do with our phones, but I know I’m excited.
I do think this is fascinating as well just the fact that you can see constillations and things like that is not all that impressive but being able to do it on certain days I feel is pretty amazing especially since it allows you to see what the sky should look like in the near future this could come in handy for someone who wanted to star gaze
ReplyDeleteI think this is very interesting. It's a little weird being able to see into the future but it can be very beneficial as well!
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