When I heard that this new Microsoft Product made Scoble cry, I was pretty eager to try it. I have always been a fan of stellar images as backgrounds for my desktops. I am also a big fan of the NASA Image of the Day.

A few years back I was pretty impressed when Chris Pirillo mentioned Stellarium but when Mashable announced that World Wide Telescope was available. I immediately downloaded it. Folks if you haven’t tried this one yet, you must give this program a look.

I am far from an expert stargazer but I have played with Stellarium, Google Sky and, for a few days, World Wide Telescope. Kudos to Microsoft for best of the three.

Even on my resource deprive AMD Athlon 2800, it functions pretty darn good. I takes a brief second or so for zooms to focus but I find the effect adding to realism and you can adjust the zoom and sharpness in the settings. The interface is easy to use, works great with my four button trackball and, most of all, it is fun.

Thanks for reading. I am off to virtual star gaze.