Space Camera to Cover Blue Moon, Solar Flares While Commemorating Life of Neil Armstrong
In an ongoing mission to share a live view of the universe, Slooh Space Camera will broadcast the Blue Moon live on Slooh.com, free to the public, starting on Friday, August 31st at 3:00 PM PDT / 6:00 PM EDT / 22:00 UTC (more time here: http://goo.gl/yC9mH) — viewers can watch live on their PC or favorite IOS/Android mobile device.
This Blue Moon, which will be the last one until July 2015, can be viewed worldwide the night of August 31st – weather permitting. Blue Moons occur every 2.7 years and are defined as the second full Moon in the same calendar month. Some countries will technically not be in Blue Moon status, but they will be able to view the full Moon nonetheless.
During the program, Slooh will not only pull zoomed in, live feeds of the Moon from their Canary Islands observatory located off the coast of Africa, but will also pull stunning live feeds of the Sun from Prescott observatory in Arizona — giving viewers a unique opportunity to view both the Moon and the Sun at the same time — all live in real time and in true color.
As part of the broadcast, Slooh will celebrate the life of the great American hero, Neil Armstrong. Bob Berman, Slooh Editor, Astronomy Magazine columnist, and author of numerous books, including “Shooting for the Moon,” and Duncan Copp, documentary filmmaker and producer, “In the Shadow of the Moon” — 15 awards internationally, including the Audience Award for Best International Film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, will join the broadcast to talk about the Apollo program and Neil Armstrong.
“This Blue Moon that Slooh will explore Friday night is somewhat rare, but not as rare as the courage and talent of the late Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on our nearest celestial neighbor. To honor him, Slooh will explore the Sea of Tranquillity with its Canary island 20-inch telescope, live, and have guests who will reveal some of the lesser-known secrets of that historic 1969 event. I think many of our visitors will be in for quite a surprise,” says Bob Berman.
Contacts:
To receive embed code 30 minutes prior to broadcast
Patrick Paolucci
patrick@slooh.com
+1 877-427-5664 x707
About Slooh
Slooh is the leader in live, celestial event programming with weekly shows featuring the great wonders of the Universe — shown live by observatories worldwide. SLOOH is powered by its members–men, women and children in 80 countries who have taken 1.7 million photos of 35,000 unique objects and events in the night sky since our launch on Christmas Day, 2003. Slooh’s patented instant imaging technology makes astronomical objects appear in true color and in real time over a 5 to 10 minute time frame.
