Celestron ‘Firstscope’ Winner #2
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Last month, we gave away the second Celestron FirstScope Telescope to a lucky fan, Steve Fields.
Steve passed the telescope along to his grandson, Matt and wrote a little about his grandson and his experiences with the telescope. Steve was also nice enough to pass along a few “action” photos.
“My son Scott, his wife, and children live in Nevada. His youngest son, Matt, has cerebral palsy and I knew he would love the scope.“
“The Moon photo was taken by my son using his iPhone camera held up to the eyepiece of the celestron, which explains the blur. Many thanks again for sending it to me“
Personally, it makes me VERY happy to have seen both telescopes given away so far end up in the hands of kids. Without getting on my soapbox, I’ll just re-iterate my belief that getting children interested in math and science should be a priority in our schools.
Matt checking out the “Firstscope”.
Image of the Moon. Image taken via iPhone camera through the eyepiece of the “Firstscope”
We will be giving away an Orion SkyScanner Reflector Telescope later this month, along with our Google+ Galileoscope Giveaway
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Ray Sanders is a Sci-Fi geek, astronomer and blogger. Currently researching variable stars at Arizona State University, he writes for Universe Today, The Planetary Society blog, and his own blog, Dear Astronomer
2012-12-04 08:06:30
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