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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 4m 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. Slooh’s flagship observatories are situated on Mt. Teide, in partnership with the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (IAC), and in Chile, in partnership with the Catholic University. Slooh has also broadcast live celestial events from partner observatories in Arizona, Japan, Hawaii, Cypress, Dubai, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Norway and many more. Slooh’s free live broadcasts of potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs), comets, transits, eclipses, solar activity etc. feature narration by astronomy experts Paul Cox and Bob Berman and are syndicated to media outlets worldwide. Slooh signed a Space Act Agreement with NASA in March 2014 to “Bring the Universe to Everyone and Help Protect Earth, Too.”
Overview
Location
United States, Connecticut, Washington
Phone
+1 877-427-5664
Total raised
$5M
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 10
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| Nov 1, 2023 | Slooh Raises Nearly $5M in Funding | Slooh, a Washington Depot, CT-based company which specializes in offering live online telescope feeds of the universe and an NGSS-aligned curriculum for school communities, raised nearly $5M in funding. The round saw participation from Conn... |
| Mar 24, 2023 | When And Where To See The Big ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Called ‘Dizzy’ Whizz Close To Earth This Weekend | Asteroid 2023 DZ2, nicknamed “Dizzy,” will safely cruise past Earth on Saturday, March 25 at 17,000 ... [+] mph. getty |
| Jun 18, 2020 | A Rare Kind Of Solar Eclipse Is Happening This Weekend During Asia’s Lockdown. Will Anyone See It? | MUMBAI, INDIA - DECEMBER 26: A physically disabled man sees the Partial Solar Eclipse from the ... [+] goggles from outside the Mumbai CSMT station, on December 26, 2019 in Mumbai, India. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon comes in betwee... |
| Jun 16, 2020 | See The ‘Solstice Ring Of Fire Eclipse’ No Matter Where You Are | LHOKSEUMAWE, ACEH, INDONESIA - 2019/12/26: The phenomenon of the 'ring of fire' solar eclipse seen ... [+] in a number of regions in Lhokseumawe. The "ring of fire" solar eclipse occurred when the shadow of the moon covered the mi... |
| Aug 17, 2017 | Virtual telescope company Slooh is ready for the eclipse | Slooh, a Connecticut-based company, makes it easy and now free to look at the night sky through any one of dozens of telescopes around the world. To use the service you simply log in and pick a telescope. If you want to take control you can... |
| May 22, 2014 | Brand new meteor shower making debut Friday | COURTESY INFORM Scientists believe Friday's meteor shower could produce three, four or more — possibly a few hundred more — shooting stars per minute. There’s a new meteor shower in town and it might even turn into a full-fledged storm. Fri... |
| Oct 9, 2009 | Interview: Mike Paolucci, the founder of space-viewing service, Slooh | In honor of the LCROSS impact we talked to Slooh.com founder Mike Paolucci about his telescope system and his mission to bring astronomical content to a wider audience. Slooh streamed the LCROSS impact live this morning. Tell me about Slooh... |
| Oct 6, 2009 | Astronomy service Slooh will let you watch the LCROSS impact live on October 9 | Slooh, a service that offers unfettered access to two huge earth-based telescopes, is inviting folks to watch the LCROSS impact on Friday at 4:30am PDT or 7:30am EDT. The feed begins at 3:30am PDT. The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing S... |
| Slooh | “Explore space in real-time from your home using slooh online telescopes. Learn about the different objects in our solar system, track asteroids and deep sky objects like nebulas, galaxies, etc. Teachers, Students, and Astronomers can work ... |
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FAQ about Slooh
How much funding has Slooh raised?
Slooh has raised $5M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Slooh?
Parsers VC has collected 10 articles mentioning Slooh, among them “Slooh Raises Nearly $5M in Funding” (Nov 1, 2023) and “When And Where To See The Big ‘City Killer’ Asteroid Called ‘Dizzy’ Whizz Close To Earth This Weekend” (Mar 24, 2023).
Is Slooh still active?
Yes, Slooh is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 23, 2026.