The New York Times and the BBC, among others, have reported that Google is set to launch a new application called Google Sky (take a look at the demo here (warning: video plays immediately)).
Unlike Google Mars and Google Moon (both based on Google Maps- zoom in on Google Moon to find out what the moon is really made of...), Google Sky will not be a separate application from Google Earth: users will need to download Google Earth. It will allow users to locate and zoom in on actual photographs taken of the night sky.
Google Sky should make a robust addition to the other sky-watching software out there.
For more information about resources for stargazing see this previous blog entry .
