Galileoscope

[Dick White]

All,

 

I don't know how widely this opportunity is known and it seems worthwhile to pass along to this list the following information from the American Astronomical Society newsletter.

 

       Dick White

 

 

4.  Orders Now Being Taken for the Galileoscope
From: AAS Electronic Announcement #194 ? March 11, 2009

The Galileoscope is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed as a Cornerstone
Project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009. For just $15 plus shipping, you get
a 50-mm f/10 achromatic refractor that snaps together in less than 5 minutes and gives
great views of the celestial wonders that Galileo first glimpsed 400 years ago: lunar
craters and mountains, Jupiter?s moons, the phases of Venus, Saturn's rings, and the
Pleiades and Beehive star clusters. It comes with a 25x eyepiece and 2x Barlow lens,
accepts standard 1¼-inch accessories, and attaches to any photo tripod (not included).
Two educational activity guides are already available, and more are coming. You can
download these guides, and order small numbers of Galileoscopes using a credit card or
PayPal, at

http://www.galileoscope.org.

Institutions wishing to place orders of 100 or more get a discounted price of $12.50 per
kit, save on shipping via freight service, and may pay by purchase order. To initiate a
large order of 100+ kits, fill out the Request for Quotation form. [Form can be found at

http://aas.org/node/544]