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Every spring, astronomers from all over flock to New York to attend the highly anticipated Northeast Astronomy Forum. Although this year's in-person NEAF event has been moved to September due to COVID-19 concerns, organizers are hosting a one-day virtual experience on April 4th to bring online attendees the product demonstrations, door prizes and amazing speakers that have made the Northeast Astronomy Forum legendary. In addition to wholeheartedly participating in this unique NEAF experience, Explore Scientific is continuing our tradition of holding a huge savings event on astronomy gear to correspond with the NEAF event. For more information on the sale or to access the virtual event, click here. |
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Created as a cornerstone project for the 2009 International Year of Astronomy (IYA), the Galileoscope telescope kit solved a long-standing problem: the lack of a high-quality, low-cost kit suitable for both optics education and celestial observation. The Galileoscope was also a cornerstone project of the 2015 International Year of Light (IYL). Over the course of the project managed by volunteers and promoted mainly through word-of-mouth, more than a quarter-million Galileoscope kits have been distributed to teachers, students, and other enthusiasts in more than 110 countries for science education and public outreach. The program was only expected to last through the IYA, but the global astronomy education and outreach community loved the kit and asked its creators (Stephen M. Pompea, Richard Tresch Fienberg, Douglas N. Arion, Thomas C. Smith, and Douglas Isbell) to keep it in production, and after nearly 10 years of serving the educational STEM community that team was preparing to wind down. But the demand by the educational community has remained strong, and a search ensued to find a worthy successor of the Galileoscope. Explore Scientific was approached in late 2018 to take over manufacturing and distribution, and we felt the project was a perfect fit. Now we can ensure that educators and students around the world can continue the Galileoscope's legacy of unlocking the learning process of exploring the universe with quality self-assembled telescopes! |
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