A quick look-up for astronomical objects in Chrome! Highlight the name of the star, galaxy, nebula, etc you want to query, and…

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Version
0.11
Update
June 25, 2016
Size
714KiB
Developer
Category
Users
41
Rating
5 ★
Manifest Version
2
Web Store Status
Languages Support
English
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Permissions
ContextMenus
ActiveTab
Geolocation
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StingRA Extension

A quick look-up for astronomical objects in Chrome!

Highlight the name of the star, galaxy, nebula, etc you want to query, and click the StingRA to bring up a deep sky (2POSS) image, finding chart, magnitudes in any available bands and links to Simbad, the WorldWideTelescope & ADS publications about that object.

Created at dot astronomy 8 by Jonathan Fay and Hugh Osborn.
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Source Manifest.json

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