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Converts astrophysical images into a Sky in Google Earth friendly format .
Professional astronomers typically store their imaging data in a binary format called FITS that has internal headers known as a WCS (World Coordinate System) that specify the location of the image on the sky.
There is now an  API and several tools for converting FITS images with WCS information into imagery that can be viewed directly in Sky in Google Earth.

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