SLOOH.COM to Open New Remote Control Telescopes in Chile

LIVE Images Empower People to Explore the Night Sky Like Professional

Astronomers

    NEW YORK, Aug. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- SLOOH.COM, the leader in online
 astronomy, announces a new remote control observatory location in Chile --
 opening up the other half of the Universe for live exploration. Slooh
 builds private observatories at professional locations and connects them to
 the Internet with patented technology. The Chile site will open the
 celestial wonders of the Southern Hemisphere to its members in the US,
 Europe and most of Asia when it launches this fall.
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     Slooh is a pioneer in the ever-growing market of online astronomy
 sources. "The new Google Earth Sky feature is a great new effort to bring
 the night sky down to Earth with archived, static pictures. It's a virtual
 telescope, instead of a real network of live telescopes. If you want to see
 the Cosmos as it happens and take your own pictures, Slooh is the only way
 to go," says Slooh's CEO Michael Paolucci.
     Slooh.com also provides live coverage of breaking sky events. When
 comets or asteroids pass by Earth, Slooh is the proven way for the public
 to watch these events in real-time on the web. Experts like renowned comet
 hunter David Levy, interactively enhance the experience with SkyGuide
 broadcasts. In the past year, Slooh covered the Transit of Mercury, the
 lunar eclipse, Comet McNaught and several asteroid close encounters with
 live images -- connecting the public to professional astronomer commentary
 from locations around the world.
     Without the barriers of expensive equipment and rampant light
 pollution, Slooh empowers people to make their own cosmic discoveries. With
 teams of amateur astronomers actively looking for supernovas and near earth
 objects, the Slooh community has confirmed three supernova discoveries
 since its founding in 2004. The addition of the Chile Observatory will open
 up a whole new frontier to anyone with the ambition to explore space live.
     About Slooh
     SLOOH.COM is an online network of observatories, broadcast live through
 patented technology and easy to use web interface. The flagship
 observatory, located at the Astrophysics Institute of the Canary Islands,
 connects members from over 70 countries to the live night sky. Memberships
 available online and at retail locations nationwide.
 
 

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