Robotic Telescopes for looking at the Planets, Sun and Objects

See how you can learn to explore space via a network of robotic mountaintop telescopes.

Control the telescope from your own home and explore space with your community.

Slooh Student Demo

What is Slooh? - Slooh is a subscription-based internet telescope service with a patent for real-time
astronomy.

- Slooh is an online astronomy curriculum from elementary school to college.

- Slooh pioneered social astronomy and has formed a global community exploring space together.

Our mission: 

- Light pollution and the concentration of population in modern cities have blinded us to an essential aspect of our environment, one in which our ancestors had far more appreciation

- We aspire to reclaim this lost realm and with it a sense of perspective regarding the world beyond ourselves

- Rebuild our collective connection to the night sky by giving educators new ways to incorporate astronomy into the curriculum.

Michael Paolucci "I am passionate about Education...

Episode #30: Sandeep Dutt in conversation with Michael Paolucci founder and CEO of Slooh.Com, he travels around the world to present Slooh to thousands of students are very excited to catch a glimpse of space. Their desire to see for themselves something of these distant worlds captured for me the essence of space exploration, the power it has to inspire limitless dreams of the future, particularly among those with otherwise limited horizons. Mike says they fuel my passion to make space accessible to everyone. On a daily basis, that means working to lower costs, increase automation, translate into foreign languages, and make it easier for students of all ages to learn how to think about what they are seeing through the live telescope feeds. Education is about freedom, for Slooh sky really is the limit...across galaxies, into the world of Star Trek, listen to how Mike is making a world of difference, just for the twinkle in the eyes of the children across the globe.

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What is Slooh? 

YOUR INTERFACE TO SPACE 

• Tools to explore space. 17 online telescopes on three continents covering 20+ hours per day. 
• Communal exploration of the universe. Learn from what other members do with the telescopes. 
• Gamified, guided learning. Supported by the National Science Foundation, go on exploration Quests to earn badges and Gravity Points. 

Since Slooh launched in 2003, with four telescopes at the world-class astronomical site at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands, Slooh members have followed a number of astronomical pursuits:

1. Tracking Near-Earth Asteroids, making astrometric measurements of their positions to submit to the Minor Planet Center (to determine accurate orbits).
2. Monitoring the morphology of comets including participation in the largest collaborations projects between professional and amateur astronomers. 
3. Supernovae, novae, comet and asteroid discovery programs. Art astronomy where members collect the raw astronomical FITS data and process their own colour images.

Slooh expanded its telescope network...

We’ve lowered our prices, made a new tier for individual students

QUARANTINE SPECIAL
INTRODUCING STUDENT MEMBERSHIPS FOR $20
Slooh is a remote learning platform that teaches students to explore space via a network of online telescopes. In response to the global quarantine and shutdown of schools, Slooh.com is releasing a new Student Membership tier for just $20 per year, and as low as $10 per student per year when purchased in quantity by school groups. Slooh is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Key Features For Students 

• Students control a global network of robotic, online telescopes to collect and analyze data up to 18 hours per day.
• No astronomy background is required and students are guided in gamified, self-directed learning activities with access to astronomy educators on the platform.
• Students earn Badges and Gravity Points for completing Quests which challenge them to hunt down phenomena in space and follow in the footsteps of famous discoverers.
• Students can "Ask An Astronomer Anything" and tune-in to Slooh Astronomers performing 20 hours of live shows and lectures every month.

JUST $20 PER INDIVIDUAL STUDENT PER YEAR! Learn more about our memberships for individuals and groups.

https://slooh.com/about/about-slooh-education

Dhruvtara powered by Slooh

Soumyajeet Solanki of Grade 5 at The Fabindia School has been ranked 1st in Asia. He has earned 3080 Gravity points and 5 Badges.

 

Slooh is designed to empower students in class as a part of the curriculum, and also in a co-curricular or extracurricular manner so students can explore space on their own with direct support from our astronomy educators. It offers astronomy engaging and affordable for schools without the requisite equipment or expertise on staff by providing direct access to astronomy educators and real-time viewing and control of robotic telescopes, including seven telescopes situated at one of the world’s top observatory sites.

Since 2003, Slooh has enabled people to explore the universe together through its global network of telescopes. Slooh’s automated observatories develop celestial images in real-time for broadcast to the Internet. Slooh members have taken over 5 million photos/150,000 FITS 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. By the end of 2020, Slooh has 17 online telescopes on three continents covering 20+ hours per day.

Learn to explore space https://slooh.com/

Michael Paolucci <mike@slooh.com>

Post courtesy Rajeshree Shihag, The Fabindia School