World Wide Telescope
Free web-based astronomy visualization environment from the American Astronomical Society.
Open the official app on worldwidetelescope.org
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Use it free
Open the official tool or demo — no account needed.
Self-host it
Run the open-source version on your own infrastructure.
What is World Wide Telescope?
WorldWide Telescope is a free astronomy visualization used by professionals and enthusiasts.
How it works
How WorldWide Telescope works — see the article below for details on this astronomy tools tool.
How to use it
- 1Open the WorldWide Telescope tool, enter your input, and get your result instantly.
What it can do
- astronomy visualization
Use cases
Assumptions and limitations
Assumptions
- source: https://github.com/WorldWideTelescope/wwt-web-client
- license: MIT — free to use
- privacy: Opens an external demo
Understanding the result
Free web-based astronomy visualization environment from the American Astronomical Society.
Tool details
- Clearly flagged when a network request is needed.
- No account, no sign-up, and no tracking of your content.
- Powered by (MIT).
- Built with
- (WorldWideTelescope/wwt-web-client)
- License
- MIT
- Runs locally
- No — requires a network request
- Verification
- Not yet verified
- Input
- Query
- Output
- Text
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- MIT
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References
- / — GitHub Repository
Upstream project · GitHub
- MIT License
Upstream project