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Pay for time Internet base Telescopes?
Are there any 'pay for time' Internet based Telescopes?
Thanks, tM |
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Are there any 'pay for time' Internet based Telescopes?
Check out Arnie Rosner's site... http://www.arnierosner.com/ Arnie is a good guy. -Florian |
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themeanies wrote on Jan 30th '05:
"Are there any 'pay for time' Internet based Telescopes? YES! I am very fond of SLOOH.com! They have two dark-sky observatories set up in the Canary islands, where many of the large European scopes are set up. Since SLOOH is in the Canaries, I can take advantage of the 5 hour time shift, so that I'm looking at dark skies at my desk as early as 3pm local. (You didn't say where you are, so I don't know how that would work for you.) SLOOH has cooperation agreements with Astronomy Magazine (and others), and is working on something with a big media company (I am not at liberty to discuss that, yet). The technology is top-notch, and is in fact something that SLOOH has patented. I'm very impressed with how they've got their act together. Very professional. FULL DISCLOSU In addition to being a SLOOH member, I am also a volunteer. SLOOH has a nightly internet radio program; I co-host the Friday night "Event Horizon" broadcast (8-10pm EST / 1-3am UT). Other SLOOH Radio shows are hosted by David Levy, Bob Berman, Phil Harrington, Michael Narlock, and other great folks (here is the schedule: http://www.slooh.com/radio.html ). We have three chat rooms open during our radio shows, where folks can present their questions directly to some of the best minds in astronomy (and to me, too - I will let you be the judge as to whether I belong in this esteemed group!). [While I am NOT a SLOOH employee, I am pretty involved; your milage may vary.] In addition to unlimited access to group missions, a membership also allows you to schedule solo time at one of the domes (each dome is equiped with two scopes, riding piggyback, for wide angle and hi-mag views; there is also a slick all-sky camera set up). In your solo, you can choose targets off a list, or you can select your own targets by entering RA & Dec. You can take any number of images, which are saved on SLOOH's servers for your later enjoyment. You can then save your images to your local machine with just a right-click. We have one group of folks who are into searching for the dimmest possible galaxies - they claim that they are hitting 19th magnitude (How Low Can They Go?). Another guy (in Belgium) is seriously into searching for supernovas - he has tagged 7 or 8, I think. I've enjoyed interacting with one guy who is a Canadian working for an Austrian company in Tokyo. A person in Texas is into observing variable stars. SLOOH calls it the World-wide Star Party! Personally, I am looking forward to a software upgrade that is just down the road, which will make SLOOH data available in the FITS astronomical file format. (I'm into exoplanets, and look forward to scheduling scope time on SLOOH to further my research on exo-transits.) We also have tons of people who just like the perty pictures! You can make your own judgement as to the value of the service. SLOOH offers a 7-day risk-free trial. Also, if you are an Astronomy Magazine subscriber, you can link to SLOOH from Astronomy.com for 15 minutes of free viewing every night at 9pm EST. A monthly membership, with unlimited group missions, and including 5 minutes of solo mission time, is $7.95 per month. The basic membership, with unlimited group missions, and including 15 minutes of solo mission time, is $49.95 per year. The deluxe membership, with unlimited group missions, and including 90 minutes of solo mission time, is $99.95 annually. Less than the cost of a basic eyepiece! I don't get observatory time as often as I would like, and where I live (U.S. Midwest) clouds are a constant problem. SLOOH is a great way for me to get my "star fix". Come pay us a visit, and see if SLOOH will work for you! ***** ~May you have clear skies & a star to steer by! =A4(Michael) Scott=A4 ~************************************************* *************~ ~ =A4(MICHAEL) SCOTT FOERSTER=A4 ~ =A4The Starry-Nite Society ~ Research Lead ~ =A4NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab ~ Solar System Ambassador ~ =A4NASA's Night Sky Network ~ Project Manager(Starry-Nite) ~ =A4Project ASTRO / Polaris ~ Mission Specialist ~ =A4E-Address: Skywatch@(insert domain from next line).net ~ =A4Domain: Starry-Nite.net ~ =A4N42=B031'13.3" =A4 W83=B008'43.2" =A4 668' =A4 -5 GMT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ FAMOUS LAST WORDS - A SERIES ~ "I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling ~ on his face and not Gary Cooper." ~ Actor Gary Cooper on his decision not to take ~ the leading role in Gone With The Wind ~************************************************* *************~ |
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Hi..
Here's one with a twist.. http://www.slooh.com "themeanies" wrote in message ... Are there any 'pay for time' Internet based Telescopes? Thanks, tM |
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