Astronomy Notes » IYA2009 http://www.astronomynotes.net Your one stop portal for the latest astronomy discoveries and news. Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:18:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Why is Astronomy important? Spoke the UK Minister of Science http://www.astronomynotes.net/2009/05/02/why-is-astronomy-important-spoke-the-uk-minister-of-science%e8%8b%b1%e5%9b%bd%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e9%83%a8%e9%95%bf%e5%9b%9e%e7%ad%94%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%ba%e4%bb%80%e4%b9%88%e5%a4%a9%e6%96%87%e9%82%a3/ http://www.astronomynotes.net/2009/05/02/why-is-astronomy-important-spoke-the-uk-minister-of-science%e8%8b%b1%e5%9b%bd%e7%a7%91%e5%ad%a6%e9%83%a8%e9%95%bf%e5%9b%9e%e7%ad%94%ef%bc%9a%e4%b8%ba%e4%bb%80%e4%b9%88%e5%a4%a9%e6%96%87%e9%82%a3/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 14:28:54 +0000 Robin Lee http://www.astronomynotes.net/?p=647

The UK Minister for Science, Lord Drayson, gave an opening address at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science meeting held last week at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. The Minister spoke to Astronomy Now, an IYA2009 Media Partner, about why he thinks astronomy is important.

Source：IYA2009 Official Website

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Below is the venue and the date. All the starparties start from 8.00pm and end on 10.30pm.

  • 3 April – Giant Superstore, Taman Sri Kluang
  • 4 April – Kluang Mall Entrance
  • 5 April – Kluang Mall Rooftop Carpark

What are we going to observe? The famous ring planet – Saturn, Great Orion Nebula where the new stars are born, the seven sisters – Pleaides, the brightest star – Sirius, our Earth very best friend – the Moon and more!

The telescopes serving your eyeballs during this weekend are 8″ Meade LX90, Orion SkyQuest XT8i, Celestron Celestar 8 and a few little refractors. Join us tonight and make it a memorable night!

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Galileoscope™ is now on sale at USD15 @ Galileoscope official website.

What’s a Galileoscope? In celebration of International Year of Astronomy 2009, a team of leading astronomers, optical engineers and science educators developed a high-quality but low-cost telescope kit. At just USD$15, you can own the Galileoscope which is even better than the one used by Galileo Galilei himself since 1609.


Steps have been taken to eliminate most of the chromatic aberation (purple fringes) by using achromatic design which implements 2 lenses. From what’s written at the official website, I think the Galileoscope is better than the department store scope which is somehow optically and mechanically flawed.

Right out of the box, you will get Galileoscope with 50mm objective lens with a focal length of 500mm, one 20mm eyepieces, a 2X Barlow lens and other 24 parts. A total of 27 parts to assemble?! This is not a problem at all, the website states that even a child can assemble it in 5 minutes and no tools are needed! It also accommodates 1.25″ accessories well but not the obsolete 0.965″ format. The bundled 2x Barlow lens is interesting as it can be used as Galilean eyepiece, thus making it Galilean configuration. Looking through it, just like you’re Galileo! A briliant design I would say.

The development and production of Galileoscope is meaningful. It provides a great solution to the people in the under-developed countries. Galileoscope, again, revolutionized the world.

For more info, please visit The Galileoscope, An IYA2009 Cornerstone Project.

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Thanks to Volcato Hosting for their kindness. For more information, please read Volcato Hosting – International Year of Astronomy 2009

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