Virtual telescope company slooh is ready for the eclipse john biggs 3 years slooh, a connecticutbased company, makes it easy and now free to. Nov, 2009 slooh explore space live telescope card ages. Slooh owns seven telescopes at its main observatory on the canary islands, and three telescopes in chile. Slooh is a robotic telescope service for amateur astronomers and students and was the first to livestream celestial images in realtime. Slooh members have taken over 5m photos500,000 fits images of over 50,000 celestial objects, participated in numerous discoveries with leading astronomical institutions and made over 3,000 submissions to the minor planet center. With this kit, children are provided with 150 minutes of access to powerful telescopes across the globe. Slooh members personally control the telescopes as well as capture and share their own photos. Slooh to broadcast live feed of total lunar eclipse through.
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