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Comments on: News and related stories http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/2009/news-and-related-stories/ Weaving together Astronomy+Statistics+Computer Science+Engineering+Intrumentation, far beyond the growing borders Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: vlk http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/2009/news-and-related-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-900 vlk Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:24:44 +0000 http://hea-www.harvard.edu/AstroStat/slog/?p=3180#comment-900 Actually, I attribute the lack of discussion on the WWT here to the fact that it only runs on windows. How many astronomers do you see who run windows? It, along with Google Sky, etc., are nice toys, but I think it highly unlikely that their workflows will be adopted en masse by professional astronomers. <a href="http://www.wolframalpha.com/" rel="nofollow">Wolfram|Alpha</a>, on the other hand, is a game changer. I have been using it regularly, and while it still has hiccups, it has been extremely useful, from calculating determinants on the fly to finding star charts for observation planning. Actually, I attribute the lack of discussion on the WWT here to the fact that it only runs on windows. How many astronomers do you see who run windows?

It, along with Google Sky, etc., are nice toys, but I think it highly unlikely that their workflows will be adopted en masse by professional astronomers.

Wolfram|Alpha, on the other hand, is a game changer. I have been using it regularly, and while it still has hiccups, it has been extremely useful, from calculating determinants on the fly to finding star charts for observation planning.

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