• If you run Mac OS X or don't meet these requirements try the Web Client
  • Microsoft® XP SP2 (minimum), Windows® Vista®, or Windows® 7 (recommended)
  • PC with Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2 gigahertz (GHz) or faster, recommended
  • 1 gigabyte (GB) of RAM; 2 GB RAM recommended
  • 3D accelerated card with 128 megabytes (MB) RAM; discrete graphics card with dedicated 256-MB VRAM recommended for higher performance
  • 1 GB of available hard disk space; 10 GB recommended for off-line features and higher performance browsing
  • XGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution monitor
  • Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing and scrolling device
  • Microsoft® DirectX® version 9.0c and .NET Framework 2.0
  • Required for some features; Internet connection at 56 Kbps or higher through either an Internet service provider (ISP) or a network. Internet access might require a separate fee to an ISP; local or long-distance telephone charges might also apply
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Worldwide Telescope Web Client

Run the Web ClientThe WorldWide Telescope Web Client is a browser-based version of WorldWide Telescope that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground- and space-based telescopes to enable seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a Web browser for Windows PC and Intel Mac OS X user.

The Web Client version of WorldWide Telescope offers a subset of the features from the WorldWide Telescope Windows® Client that was released in May 2008. Details on the feature sets for each release are outlined below.

Feature Windows® Client       Web Client
Access to hundreds of terabytes of sky, earth and planet data x x
Ability to navigate seamlessly through 3D spherical environments x x
Finder Scope to quickly identify astronomical objects x x
Instant thumbnail previews of tens of thousands of popular astronomical objects x x
Access to billions of objects in web-based astronomical catalog x x
Loading tours, images and other WorldWide Telescope data files on local machine x x
Real-time positions of planets and moons x x
Move forwards and backwards in time 2000 years x x
View guided tours* x x (tours without
Solar System View)
Browsing local user collections x x
Ability to change viewing location x x
Basic Solar System View x
3D navigation of stars, Milky Way and cosmos x  
Copy shortcuts to the Sky x x
Easy image alignment for user-imported images x  
Ability to author/edit guided tours x  
Localized versions available x  
Terrain/elevation model x  
Offline mode x  
XBOX controller/3D connection x  
Professional features
Virtual Observatory Cone search/registry look up and SIMBAD search x x
Load and Adjust basic FITS images and AVM files x x
SIAP with footprint preview x x
Connect your Telescope to WWT x x
Multi-monitor cluster rendering x  
Visualization of large scale structure x  
SAMP Inter-application communication x  
Full dome projection x  



WorldWide Telescope Web Client System Requirements

The WorldWide Telescope Web Client requires Silverlight 3.0 and runs on Silverlight 3.0-supported systems. Performance will vary based on processor speed, RAM, Graphics card and window size.




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