I'd love it if when browsing the planet a la Google Earth, you could twist round and have a look at what the rest of the universe looked like from that point on the earth's surface.
It could be a really nice educational tool too, if they got everything astronomically correct according to the date. I for one would like to have a better look at the full Moon over Sydney tonight.-- neilp, Feb 12 2006 Inspired by Google_20OceanGoogle Ocean [neilp, Feb 12 2006] Full Moon as seen from [neilp]'s exact location http://sheazy.multiply.com/video/item/1...then looking back from the moon. (4.5 meg Quicktime movie) [Shz, Feb 12 2006] Celestia's probably what you want http://www.shatters.net/celestia/Go anywhere in the Universe :) View anything from anywhere. A little more awkward, in my view, to browse planets. Not the same resolution as G.E. [Dub, Feb 12 2006] Stellarium is sort of similar http://www.stellarium.org/Tell Stellarium where you are on Earth, and it'll show you what stars/constellations you should see. [Dub, Feb 12 2006] Google Sky http://www.google.com/sky/Like Google Earth, only the other-way-round [Dub, Mar 14 2008] I thought this was going to be a feature mapping the universe, and I was all set to link to Google Moon.-- dbmag9, Feb 12 2006 I do like on Google Moon how when you zoom in too far it turns to cheese.-- Giblet, Feb 12 2006 But can it map what would happen to the galaxy if one were to collapse a star, al la Star Trek?-- RayfordSteele, Feb 12 2006 Baked - I think - Check out Celestia - It sits alongside Google Earth and Stellarium on my desktop-- Dub, Feb 12 2006 Starry Night Pro does an exceptional job. At my local Astronomy Club's last meeting, we were messing with total-known-universe fly-throughs, watching how constellations change over time (it can go up to the year 99999, don't know how far back), and other such things. Great idea, [neilp], but a few years too late.-- neutrinos_shadow, Feb 12 2006 (Latest Google Earth now does this. {Waves to Mr Google})-- Dub, Mar 13 2008 halfbakery