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Hello there, I just received word that the current production run of Galileoscopes, which consists of 60,000 units, will be sent out to orders placed and paid for through the first week of May. They will start leaving the factory on Monday, May 18th, and will begin reaching customers in mid-June.

If you have not yet ordered one of these fine and excellent telescopes designed for the International Year of Astronomy, putting a high-quality telescope into everyone’s hands, now is your chance! The next production run comes up soon, and you’ll still get the fantastic optics of a three-hundred buck telescope for much, much less.

Look at this web page to see an actual photo of the Moon taken through it

It is just amazing. The telescope assembles in minutes with no tools, and is appropriate for families who want to see the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn and beatiful star clusters with ease. It can also be easily used for birding and wilderness sightseeing. All around a great way to spend $15.

When you do buy one, you also support the efforts for astronomy outreach to low-income and third-world children studying astronomy, math and science. These scopes go a long way to getting the hope of the future into bright young minds.

BTW: I have a production-model Galileoscope, which I show off at all of my Inwood Astronomy events. Come see it, and you’ll be easily convinced that it’s worth the price of a dinner out or a Manhattan cab ride.

You can see what it looks like here, as I used it at the Inwood Star Fest in April….

http://www.facebook.com/editphoto.php?aid=80524#/photo.php?pid=30411264&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=796257445&id=1155610490
Visit this site to et your own!

http://www.galileoscope.org

Jason

About Jason Kendall

I am the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador for New York City. I hold a Master of Science in Astronomy from New Mexico State University and am currently adjunct faculty at William Paterson University. I have led numerous "starwatching parties" and astronomy events in New York City, New Mexico, Minnesota and Texas. It all started way back in the fourth grade by the encouragement of two noted astronomers, Charles Schweighauser and Bart Bok. I saw Saturn through Charlie's telescope at then Sangamon State University on a clear Illinois night, and Bart encouraged me under those stars to study hard to come visit him at Kitt Peak National Observatory. I finally did make it down there about a decade after Bart passed away, and I found the favorite spots in Tucson, Arizona, where Bart and his wife Priscilla would spend when they were not gazing at the stars. Bart and his wife were pioneers in the study of the Milky Way, and their studies of the starforming regions called Bok Globules. It's even in my family. My great-grandfather was a Midwestern minister who used to preach his sermons out under the dark, cloudless nights. He always believed that getting out and experiencing the wonders of the natural world was a central part of being human. My family has always been inspired by his words: "We look up to look within." I hope that you'll join me under the stars or at one of my talks.

Come see what's up in the sky!

Jason Kendall
NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador to New York City

The Inwood Astronomy Project is thankful for the support of the NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassadors Program, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York Public Library, the International Year of Astronomy and the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York


We look up to look within