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V838 - Light Echo
High Skies
Microscopics
A sequence of images showing the V838 light Echo. As the images are barely given time to download, it may need to be played through once first to cache all the images.
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Learning WWT   Nebula   Galaxies   Surveys   Planets  
A tour introducing WorldWide Telescope to students and educators in formal and informal settings.
Educator's Tour
Lisa Dettloff

Passion for Inquiry
This tour illustrates the interactive possibilities of Tours within WorldWide Telescope
Interactive Tours
Curtis WOng

Microsoft Research
A brief overview of selected features in the new Equinox Beta release
WWT Equinox Overview
Curtis WOng

Microsoft Research
A quick demonstration illustrating how to create a guided tour.
Create a tour
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A brief introduction to the Observing Time pane and how to use it when creating a slide that shows elapsed time, such as when showing a solar or lunar eclipse.
Using the Observing Time pane
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Microsoft Corporation
This tour will demonstrate how to use the Figure Library to make your own constellation stick figures.
Making a constellation figure
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Microsoft Corporation
This is a brief demonstration of how to use the Image Crossfade slider and the fascinating stuff that you can discover when you compare images from different spectral studies.
Using the Image Crossfade
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