Sky-Map.org

"Sky-map" redirects here. For maps of the sky, see Star cartography.

Sky-Map.org (or WikiSky.org) is a wiki and interactive sky map that covers over half a billion known celestial bodies.^[1] WikiSky is designed, in part, as a wiki. Users can edit information about different stars by writing articles, adding Internet links, uploading images, or creating a special interest group for a specific task.^[2][3]

Sky-Map.org

Type of site	Web mapping
Available in	Multilingual
URL	sky-map.org
Commercial	No
Registration	Yes
Current status	Active

The website, although still available for users to visit, has shown little activity since 2010. A significant amount of vandalism, in the form of adding unrecognized proper names to stars, exists and is still occurring as of now.^{[when?][citation needed]}

Software

WikiSky can represent the sky using data from several surveys, including GALEX, DSS, and SDSS. In each mode, the user can access the name and a brief description of visible space objects. This can be used to access more detailed information, including articles and different photo images. It also has its own API so that code can be written to access maps, objects’ information and SDSS data.

Image copyright status

Some images used in WikiSky, such as the ones from Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), are available for non-commercial use.^[4] The DSS data rights are held by multiple institutions.^[5] Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images are now in the public domain, although earlier data releases were for non-commercial use only.^[6] Images from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Spitzer Space Telescope (infrared), and GALEX (ultraviolet) are in the public domain as works by the US government.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• WorldWide Telescope
• Stellarium
• Google Sky
• Sloan Digital Sky Survey