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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. 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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Since its launch nearly a year ago, Slooh has added numerous new features
including Slooh Radio, a nightly live audio feed of leading astronomy
personalities who describe Slooh missions in progress as they take questions
from members. Mike Brown of the California Institute of Technology
in Pasadena, Calif.

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"It's definitely bigger than Pluto," said Brown, who is a professor of
planetary astronomy.

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Slooh's patent pending
technology collects the light of distant celestial objects and develops the
images in real time as members look on. The discovery was announced today by
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SN2005ax is
located at a distance of 180 million light years away from Earth in the
northern constellation Cepheus.95.
"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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"This showcases the power of the Slooh community cooperating together to
explore the universe" said Michael Paolucci, President and Founder of Slooh."
"For a short period of time a single star can outshine an entire galaxy,
so you can only imagine the amount of energy released. 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.

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Teide, at the Institute of Astrophysics in the Canary Islands, one of the
world's best locations for astronomical viewing.
The planet was discovered using the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar
Observatory near San Diego, Calif., whose research is partly funded by NASA. 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., on January 8.

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95 per month is also available. 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.
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.

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Deluxe membership is $99. In the last seven months, the scientists have been
studying the planet to better estimate its size and its motions. "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.

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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. A
monthly membership of $7.
Brown, Trujillo and Rabinowitz first photographed the new planet with the
48-inch Samuel Oschin Telescope on October 31, 2003.

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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.
"The supernovae discoveries immediately became featured Slooh missions for all
members to see LIVE.

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Most recently,
Slooh partnered with Discovery .
"We are 100 percent confident that this is the first object bigger than
Pluto ever found in the outer solar system," Brown added.edu/~mbrown

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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.

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'Slooh Online Community' First to Verify the Powerful Explosions of Supernovae
SN2005ax , SN2005ay and SN2005bh

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SN2005bh is in spiral galaxy UGC 6495 , four
degrees north of the "tail" of the constellation Leo and 300 million light
years away.S ., starting as early as
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Slooh's basic membership costs $49. WASHINGTON, A planet larger than Pluto has been
discovered in the outlying regions of the solar system.nasa.

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With members in over 60 countries, Slooh has
been named Duke's Choice Award by Sun Microsystems and PC Magazine's site of
the day.slooh. The reflectance of the planet is not yet known.

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Slooh's location and ease of operation makes it
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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. However, the object was
so far away that its motion was not detected until they reanalyzed the data in
January of this year.
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.

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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.95
per year for unlimited group missions, plus 90 minutes of solo mission time. 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. 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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Supernova 2005ax
and 2005bh were discovered by amateur astronomer Tim Puckett. "Slooh has been a very useful
resource for confirming Supernovae. Slooh is available
online for a 7-night free trial and requires only a 56K modem and Flash 7.

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Slooh Confirms the Discovery of Three Supernovae

The findings were
verified by Slooh member Lode Stevens, an astronomer with the Europlanetarium
in Belgium, using Slooh's online telescopes."
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.

Featured speakers have included David Levy, co-discoverer of
Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine.
"Even if it reflected 100 percent of the light reaching it, it would still
be as big as Pluto," says Brown.