http://chrome.blogspot.nl/2012/11/explore-stellar-neighborhood-with-your.html
http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/stars/
"Visualizing the exact location of every star in the galaxy is a problem of, well, galactic proportions. With over 200 billion stars, capturing every detail of the Milky Way currently defies scientists and laptops alike. However, using imagery and data from a range of sources, including NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), we were recently able to take one small step in that direction by plotting the location of the stars closest to our sun.The result is a new Chrome Experiment called 100,000 Stars that visualizes the stellar neighborhood. Using your mouse or trackpad, you can zoom in and out to explore our galaxy. Zooming in reveals the names of the most prominent stars close to our sun – click each name to learn more about it and see a digital rendition."
Works obviously in the Chrome browser as well as Firefox, but visit the site in Internet Explorer & you get the following message:
"Either your graphics card or your browser does not support WebGL. Please try again on a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer using Google Chrome or another WebGL-Compatible browser. You can watch a video preview of the experiment below: "
Here's the Wikipedia link for WebGL, including what does work & ie add-ons.