<![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky? - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky? - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> pew pew

FLegion

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> The image on the right - a brightly-coloured streak of light going all the way across the picture you are trying to classify - is a satellite trail. As satellites orbit Earth, sunlight reflects off their solar panels, making them look very bright from the ground. Because the satellite is moving as the telescope's camera is taking an image, the satellite makes a trail - a streak across the image. The trail is coloured because the colour images for the site are made by combining three black-and-white images, and the satellite only appeared in one image.

I only know this because I am such a GalaxyZoo freak.

StartingAces

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> Here's another one by the moon:[www.google.com]
Zoomed in a lot: [www.google.com]
Also, look a the one in the story:
[www.google.com]
Why is "Spitzer" In the URL?

Klink258

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> 'shopped. haha

MikeRapin

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> looks like lightsabers to me.

Evil Tortie's Mom

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> ah, Zim. we need more Zim (and GIR!) on io9.

jrishel

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> Ohhh, and btw, the best cloaking EVER is from Invader Zim.

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guibom

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> @extracrispy: I imagine that the second they fired a torpedo, even if they were cloaked, other ships could trace their location. Just look at the place where a torpedo came out of nowhere.

But it seems that there was a Romulan ship that could fire torpedoes while cloaked. But the Federation found a way to detect, and destroyed it.

[startrek.wikia.com]

guibom

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> @extracrispy: they always fired torpedos

aspiringexpatriate

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> @Annalee Newitz: Oh yeah, I see the lasers. Cool stuff.

Wait, were the lasers in Star Trek cloaked too? Or the ships had to uncloak when they fired? Hell, I can't remember.

extracrispy

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> @extracrispy: Do you see the lasers?

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> Im still trying to find a UFO

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

]]> <![CDATA[Star Wars Battle Found in Google Sky?]]> I don't see the ships. Maybe it's a Star Trek battle and the ships are cloaked.

extracrispy

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