Celebrating IYA 2009 with the Galileoscope™
 The Galileoscope™ is a high-quality, low-cost ($20) 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 won ders 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.
Galileoscope resources
The Galileoscope™ website
https://www.galileoscope.org/
Purchase a Galileoscope™
https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/products
Detailed instructions on assembling a Galileoscope™ https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/content/downloads
YouTube video of a Galileoscope™ being assembled, by Adler Planetarium http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1iByPaAG0U
Teaching & outreach with the Galileoscope™
https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/content/galileos-classroom
Flickr Galileoscope group™
http://www.flickr.com/groups/galileoscope/
The International Year of Astronomy, US Node
http://astronomy2009.us/
The International Year of Astronomy, International homepage
http://www.astronomy2009.org/ |
2009 SPS intern Scott Stacey with an
assembled Galileoscope.
Photo by Phillip Payette
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Galileo wondered about the proper relationship between mathematics, theoretical physics, and experimental physics. Albert Einstein was able to keep a sense of wonder even as his thinking matured, which allowed him to explore ideas that many adults simply don't dwell on. For example, what would it be like to ride alongside a light beam?
As we celebrate the IYA2009, SPS would like to know "What makes YOU wonder?" Your response will be added to those on this page, and we'll share select entries elsewhere online and in our publications, including The SPS Observer. |
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