Search the Sky

Submitted by Jessica Simo.




Google Earth suggests entering a street, city, state, and ZIP code when searching the Sky?

I thought ZIP codes were only in the United States. I wasn't aware the US Postal Service was already creating ZIP codes beyond planet Earth.

BTW: SNR (Supernova Remnant) 1572, also known as Tycho's SNR, is 7.5 thousand light years from planet Earth.  So, no surprise to me that it isn't in the Google Sky Database. ... except that Jessica says she has found items in Google Earth's Sky Database that are over 20 million light years away; and the search instructions give NGC 3628, a galaxy that is 35 million light years away, as a search input example. :)

Hibernate

Computer goes into hibernation with Google Earth running.  When turned on again, I get this:



I try numerous keyboard shortcuts in an attempt to get the Windows start menu, the task manager, a command prompt... anything.  Nothing seems to fix the problem.

I then press Alt+F4 in an attempt to close Google Earth.  The screen changes but not for the better.



Finally gave up and forced a power-down and restart to fix the problem.