Comparing the characteristics of newborn stars and brown dwarfs in their natal
environment provides unique information about how they form. This appears to be a typical star-forming
environment. Slooh is configured to optimize the
view of hundreds of astronomical objects such as the Orion Nebula, the
Whirlpool Galaxy and the Pleiades Cluster-objects that are difficult to see in
all their grandeur with a typical backyard telescope.

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For images and information about this
research on the Web, visit:

http://hubblesite . Discovery.S., starting at 2pm EST.com is pleased to introduce this new product to our audience ,"
said Mark Irwin, Vice President of Operations at Discovery., whose research is partly funded by NASA.
"Even if it reflected 100 percent of the light reaching it, it would still
be as big as Pluto," says Brown.

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Astronomers have a clear view into this crowded stellar
maternity ward, because massive stars in the center of the nebula have blown
out most of the dust and gas in which they formed , carving out a cavity in the
dark cloud of gas and dust.
"In this bowl of stars we see the entire formation history of Orion
printed into the features of the nebula: arcs, blobs, pillars, and rings of
dust that resemble cigar smoke," Robberto said. "Each one tells a story of
stellar winds from young stars that impact the environment and the material
ejected from other stars. The
Advanced Camera mosaic covers approximately the apparent angular size of the
full moon."
"Our partnership with Discovery. The discovery was announced today by
planetary scientist Dr. Currently about 97 times further from the sun than the
Earth, the planet is the farthest-known object in the solar system, and the
third brightest of the Kuiper belt objects. In the last seven months, the scientists have been
studying the planet to better estimate its size and its motions.gov/home/index

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NASA's Hubble Reveals Thousands of Orion Nebula Stars

WASHINGTON, In one of the most detailed
astronomical images ever produced, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured an
unprecedented look at the Orion Nebula.
"Orion is a bustling cauldron of activity. In development since 2001, Slooh has been
live and online every night since April 24th, 2004.
"It will be visible with a telescope over the next six months and is
currently almost directly overhead in the early-morning eastern sky , in the
constellation Cetus," said Brown, who made the discovery with colleagues Chad
Trujillo , of the Gemini Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and David
Rabinowitz, of Yale University, New Haven , Conn.

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NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy , Inc.org/news/2006/01

com to introduce Slooh's live space show to Discovery. "Slooh's
technology has made astronomy accessible and interesting for everyone.95. Slooh's missions are driven by its patent
pending LightMachine(TM) technology, which accumulates the light of distant
celestial objects and displays them in real time for the viewing audience.

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The Space Telescope Science
Institute conducts Hubble science operations.
"Discovery.com ., on January 8.

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This new large-scale Hubble
image of the region reveals a treasure-house of beauty and astonishing detail
for comprehensive scientific study," said Jennifer Wiseman, NASA's Hubble
program scientist.
Among the stars Hubble spotted for the first time in visible light in
Orion were young brown dwarfs and a small population of possible binary brown
dwarfs (two brown dwarfs orbiting each other)."
Orion is a perfect laboratory to study how stars are born, because it is
1,500 light-years away, a relatively short distance within our 100,000 light-
year wide galaxy.
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
between NASA and the European Space Agency.com is an important milestone in our quest
to popularize astronomy," said Michael Paolucci, President and Founder of
Slooh. Slooh has added many new features since its
launch, including Slooh Radio, a nightly live audio feed of leading astronomy
personalities who describe Slooh missions in progress as they take questions
from members. Because Spitzer is
unable to detect the new planet, the overall diameter must be less than 2,000
miles , said Brown.

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In a mosaic containing a billion pixels, Hubble's Advanced Camera for
Surveys uncovered thousands of stars never seen before in visible light. Some
are merely one-hundredth the brightness of previously viewed Orion stars.,
Washington.com
(http://discovery."
Since its limited introduction, Slooh has already attracted thousands of
loyal paying customers, and is a leader in the burgeoning market of pay
content sites on the internet. Slooh is currently
recruiting amateur comet hunters to join its stable of Slooh Discoverers, who
will use the observatories to make true discoveries on behalf of the
membership.
Additional solo time can be purchased in 15 -minute intervals for $19.95 per month is also available.

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Teide, at the
Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands, one of the world's best
locations for astronomical viewing. However, the object was
so far away that its motion was not detected until they reanalyzed the data in
January of this year.
"It's definitely bigger than Pluto," said Brown, who is a professor of
planetary astronomy. Scientists can not
yet tell how much light from the sun is reflected away, but the amount of
light the planet reflects puts a lower limit on its size.

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Our sun may have been born 4. Slooh allows members to access and control its
high-powered telescopes, which are situated at 7900 feet on Mt. For
more information, please visit http://www.
The planet was discovered using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar
Observatory near San Diego, Calif.

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Featured speakers have included David Levy, co-discoverer of
Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine. A
monthly membership of $7. "I'd say it's probably one and a half times
the size of Pluto, but we're not sure yet of the final size.
"We are 100 percent confident that this is the first object bigger than
Pluto ever found in the outer solar system," Brown added.

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"Our goal is to calculate the masses
and ages for these young stars, so that we can map their history and get a
general scenario of the star formation in that region."
This extensive study took 105 Hubble orbits to complete.
Slooh 's basic membership costs $49. Deluxe membership is $99.

About Slooh
Bringing the rhythms and wonder of outer space to people of all ages,
Slooh's mighty telescopes are the centerpiece of LIVE interactive 'missions'
to hundreds of known wonders of the universe. Slooh has stationed
high-powered telescopes in the Canary Islands, one of the world's best
locations for astronomical viewing. The reflectance of the planet is not yet known.

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It varies from jets fired
by stars still embedded in their dust and gas cocoons to disks of material
encircling young stars that could be the building blocks of future solar
systems.com), the first
online service to offer live viewing of outer space, has joined forces with
Discovery.slooh.
Brown, Trujillo and Rabinowitz first photographed the new planet with the
48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope on October 31, 2003.
The size of the planet is limited by observations using NASA's Spitzer
Space Telescope, which has already proved its mettle in studying the heat of
dim, faint, faraway objects such as the Kuiper -belt bodies.
A name for the new planet has been proposed by the discoverers to the
International Astronomical Union, and they are awaiting the decision of this
body before announcing the name.gps .edu/~mbrown

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5 billion years ago in a cloud like
this one. All imaging
instruments aboard the telescope were used simultaneously to study Orion.
Robberto presented the findings today at the 207th meeting of the American
Astronomical Society in Washington.slooh.com.95
per year for unlimited group missions, plus 90 minutes of solo mission time.

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The planet is a typical member of the Kuiper belt, but its sheer size in
relation to the nine known planets means that it can only be classified as a
planet, Brown said.

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This turbulent star formation region
is one of astronomy's most dramatic and photogenic celestial objects.
The crisp image is a tapestry of star formation. Brown dwarfs are so-called
"failed stars.

Slooh Joins Forces With Discovery.com To Introduce Online Exploration of Space

Slooh's patent pending
technology collects the light of distant celestial objects and develops the
images in real time as members look on.95 per year for unlimited group
missions, plus 15 minutes of solo mission time. WASHINGTON, A planet larger than Pluto has been
discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system.
Scientists can infer the size of a solar system object by its brightness,
just as one can infer the size of a faraway light bulb if one knows its
wattage.nasa.

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" These cool objects are too small to be ordinary stars , because
they cannot sustain nuclear fusion in their cores the way the sun does.com Audience Takes Command From Their Home Computers
of High Powered Telescopes Situated in the Canary Islands

NEW YORK, Slooh (http://www.

NASA Scientists Discover Tenth Planet

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"The wealth of information in this Hubble survey, including seeing stars
of all sizes in one dense place, provides an extraordinary opportunity to
study star formation," said observation leader Massimo Robberto of the Space
Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore. We can then sort the
stars by mass and age and look for trends.slooh.
Slooh's telescopes are stationed five hours ahead of Eastern Standard
Time, which enables members in North America to see the night sky during
daylight hours in the U. "It is a validation of Slooh's success thus far in making astronomy
easy and affordable for the general public. Slooh is available
online for a 7-night free trial and requires only a 56K modem and Flash 7. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, Calif.