"Our ultimate goal is to get the accurate mass for Polaris," Evans said.

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Doug Rich, an amateur astronomer as well, discovered Supernova
2005ay , which is located 54 million light years away, beneath the bowl of the
Big Dipper in the northern constellation of Ursa Major.

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slooh. This is a great discovery for astronomy. "Slooh has been a very useful
resource for confirming Supernovae.

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Polaris is a super-giant more than two thousand
times brighter than the sun, while its companion is a main-sequence star.

Slooh Confirms the Discovery of Three Supernovae

Teide, at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands, one of the
world's best locations for astronomical viewing.
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"This showcases the power of the Slooh community cooperating together to
explore the universe" said Michael Paolucci, President and Founder of Slooh.

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The North Star is thought to be a steady, solitary point of light that
guided sailors for ages, but there is more to this star than meets the eye.

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At the system's distance of 430 light-years from Earth,
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"The star we observed is so close to Polaris that we needed every
available bit of Hubble's resolution to see it," said astronomer Nancy Evans
of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass. That
is an incredibly tiny angle equivalent to the apparent diameter of a quarter
located 19 miles away. Slooh's patent pending
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The researchers presented their data today
during the 207th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington.
"The supernovae discoveries immediately became featured Slooh missions for all
members to see LIVE. Most recently,
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"It is that clear vision that makes these types of discoveries possible," he
added. The
companion proved to be less than two-tenths of an arcsecond from Polaris.
"With Hubble, we've pulled the North Star's companion out of the shadows and
into the spotlight," he said . Slooh has stationed
high-powered telescopes at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary
Islands , one of the world's best locations for astronomical viewing.

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The North Star is actually a triple star system. SN2005ax is
located at a distance of 180 million light years away from Earth in the
northern constellation Cepheus.
Via the Internet, Slooh allows members to remotely access and control its
high-powered telescopes which are situated at an elevation of 7900 feet on Mt."
In confirming the discovery, Stevens said, "Because of Slooh's unique
technology and excellent viewing location, we were able to confirm the
existence of the supernovae, which our observatory would not have been able to
achieve alone. Slooh's
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The movement of the small companion during its 30-year orbit around the
primary should be detectable.nasa. Slooh is available
online for a 7-night free trial and requires only a 56K modem and Flash 7.slooh.

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The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
between NASA and the European Space Agency.S.

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While one companion is easily
viewed with small telescopes, the other hugs Polaris so tightly that it has
never been seen until now. Knowing their mass is the most important ingredient in
this understanding.
For images and additional information about this research on the Web,
visit:

http://hubblesite. The findings were
verified by Slooh member Lode Stevens, an astronomer with the Europlanetarium
in Belgium, using Slooh's online telescopes. Featured speakers have included David Levy, co-discoverer of
Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine.

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Cepheids' brightness
variations are used to measure the distances of galaxies and the expansion
rate of the universe. Slooh's location and ease of operation makes it
ideal for this task.

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Since its launch nearly a year ago, Slooh has added numerous new features
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There's More to the North Star Than Meets the Eye

"The brightness difference between the two stars made it even more
difficult to resolve them," said astronomer Howard Bond of the Space Telescope
Science Institute , Baltimore. Astronomers want to determine the mass of Polaris,
because it is the nearest Cepheid variable star.'Slooh Online Community' First to Verify the Powerful Explosions of Supernovae
SN2005ax, SN2005ay and SN2005bh

NEW YORK, Slooh (http://www. SN2005bh is in spiral galaxy UGC 6495, four
degrees north of the "tail" of the constellation Leo and 300 million light
years away. The 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. A supernova discovery
is both scientifically important as well as fascinating," said David Bishop,
webmaster of the International Supernovae Network, which is used by both
amateur and professional astronomers alike. For more information, please visit http://www.

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The researchers plan to continue observing the Polaris system for several
years.

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com), the first
online telescope community to offer live, high-quality views of outer space,
has confirmed the discovery of Supernovae 2005ax, 2005ay and 2005bh, a
significant milestone for the private astronomy community .com with the mutual goal of making astronomy
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"Hubble's exceptional pointing capabilities combined with the wonderful
performance of its instruments allow scientists to see the universe in finer
detail than ever before," said Michael Moore, NASA's Hubble program executive.

"To do that, the next milestone is to measure the motion of the companion in
its orbit," she added .

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It is essential to understand their intrinsic physics
makeup and evolution. The Space Telescope Science
Institute in Baltimore conducts Hubble science operations. Supernova 2005ax
and 2005bh were discovered by amateur astronomer Tim Puckett.

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WASHINGTON, By stretching the capabilities of
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to the limit, astronomers photographed Polaris,
the close companion of the North Star, for the first time., Washington."
"For a short period of time a single star can outshine an entire galaxy,
so you can only imagine the amount of energy released. Before you can report a supernova you
need a confirmation image.