Over the years 1 of the nearly underused features of the Google Maps API has been the planetary map types as well as Google Sky map tiles. This is in all probability why it isn't fifty-fifty supported inward V3 of the Maps API.
Despite the lack of back upwards for the planetary map tiles inward the Maps API it is nevertheless possible to hack the map tiles as well as role them amongst Google Maps. SkyWatch has released a novel beta application which uses Google Sky to map real-time cosmic events equally reported past times NASA.
NASA shares information amongst other scientists as well as infinite observatories to a greater extent than or less the world. The SkyWatch app cherry-picks some of the nearly interesting cosmic events from that information as well as shows the place of the events on an astronomical map of the nighttime sky.
The latest cosmic events are displayed inward the map sidebar as well as you lot tin click on the 'sky view' link for each resultant to run across it mapped on the Google Sky map.
If you lot desire to role Google Sky or the planetary map tiles (for the Luna as well as Mars) on your ain maps thence you lot tin role this example code available on Google Code.
