Galileoscopes
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009A member of our forum who goes by Ubermoogle recently came up with a great idea to spread a love of science: donate Galileoscopes to Calgary schools! Ubermoogle (aka Dan) recently ordered a Galileoscope for himself, and says it is ridiculously easy to put together as well as ridiculously inexpensive! He’s putting in an order for a few more next week to give to some family members, as well as one to donate to a school in his neighbourhood. And he was wondering if anyone else would like to add their order to his to reduce shipping costs.
The Galileoscope™ is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 by a team of leading astronomers, optical engineers, and science educators. No matter where you live, with this easy-to-assemble, 50-mm (2-inch) diameter, 25- to 50-power achromatic refractor, you can see the celestial wonders that Galileo Galilei first glimpsed 400 years ago and that still delight stargazers today. These include lunar craters and mountains, four moons circling Jupiter, the phases of Venus, Saturn’s rings, and countless stars invisible to the unaided eye.
The ‘Scope is only $15USD plus shipping, making it hard not to buy one for a local school! Shipping on a single scope is more than the item itself, but when your order multiples, the per-unit shipping cost drops dramatically - the more scopes in our order, the cheaper it is per-person.
Dan will be placing this order after the next Skeptics in the Pub event, so please let him know before then by commenting on this post, telling him in person at the upcoming event, or emailing him - ubermoogle [at] gmail [dot] com.
Help Dan and the Calgary Skeptics Society spread the love astronomy to school-aged children across the city!