Telescope Reviews: Have You Ordered Your Galileoscope Yet?

The Galileoscope is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed as a
Cornerstone Project of the International Year of Astronomy 2009
(www.astronomy2009.org). For just $15 plus shipping, you get a 50-mm f/10
refractor that can be put together in less than 5 minutes and gives great
views of the celestial wonders that Galileo first glimpsed 400 years ago
and that still delight stargazers today, including lunar craters and
mountains, Jupiter's moons, the phases of Venus, Saturn's rings, and the
Pleiades and Beehive star clusters. The Galileoscope comes with a 25x
eyepiece and 2x Barlow lens and incorporates features such as achromatic
optics, stray-light rejection, and a 1.25-inch eyepiece holde so it can
accommodate standard sized eyepieces. It has a symmetrical plossl
eyepiece normally found only on telescopes costing at least 10 times
more. It attaches to any standard photo tripod (not included).

Accompanying the kit are educational materials based on active inquiry,
cooperative learning, testing of ideas and predictions, and hands-on
experimentation. You can download these free activity guides, and order
small numbers of Galileoscopes with payment by credit card or PayPal, at
www.galileoscope.org. Museums, schools, astronomy clubs, and other
institutions wishing to place orders of 100 or more can get a discounted
price of $12.50 per kit and save on shipping.

To initiate a large order of 100+ kits, simply fill out the Request for
Quotation form at:
https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/sites/galileoscope.org.gs/files/Galileoscope-RFQ.doc