Take a peek at the Google Sky

Google Sky is an online sky viewer by Google. It is an online tool which allows viewers to feel the feel of really traveling to the stars. It features different kinds of view: Infrared, Microwave and Historical. It has a search tool where you could input keywords like Mars, M31 and the like.

Google teamed up with astronomers at some of the largest observatories in the world. With google sky, you can find exact positions of the planets and other celestial bodies. It was created on August 27, 2007.

Google Sky was created after the success of Google Earth which shows the view of the earth from some satellites.