Progress toward a low-cost 'Galileoscope' for the IYA2009

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Jun 2008

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Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007: Proceedings from the IAU/National Observatory of Athens/ESA/ESO Conference, Athens

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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One of the IAU's Global Cornerstone Projects for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 is to develop, produce, and distribute huge numbers of very inexpensive, yet good-quality, small telescopes. This will enable millions of people around the world, especially children and others who can't afford a commercial telescope, to experience for themselves the thrill of scientific discovery that Galileo experienced when he turned his telescope skyward 400 years ago. We report progress toward realising the `Galileoscope' based on efforts by an IAU Task Group and an affiliated AAS working group as well as on discussions at the CAP2007 meeting in Athens.

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