Kick start the joy of astronomy

Sidewalk astronomy back in 1921 in New York City. Credit: Wikipedia

You are probably familiar with sidewalk astronomy where set up to share amateur astronomers telescopes on street corners or other public places, free views through a telescope with which that otherwise might not have the chance. These are great opportunities for public education about astronomy and the universe in which we live. We have a note from a longtime sidewalk astronomer, Jay Horowitz, who has set up a plan to the telescopes on a lot of street corners. He wants to share view of the sky everywhere telescope in the United States. But he needs come a little help to his plan to fruition.

"I would like to thousands of people we see the chance to the young minds to the power of science and curiosity and AWE in adults, turn sparking life first-hand the universe" Jay wrote in an e-Mail to us. And so he set up a Kickstarter page - and you may be familiar with this new "Crowd sourcing" way, creative projects to finance.

Kickstarter projects are efforts of people to do something that they love something fun, or is worth at least some of that and note. But they might not have the means to do it. Kickstarter is a funding method where need projects funded or no money changes hands.

Check out Jay's Astronomy of on the road Kickstarter project, where his goal is to 2011 and 2012 science all over the country participate. He is looking for money for a Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, to increase a solar telescope and fuel for the transport of the telescopes between sites. He and his Group provide clear view of the sky in schools, libraries, and on the streets of the city throughout the United States.

"The telescopes always used for public education and never intended for private use, even on the street," said Jay.

There are also some notable prices for those donations including lunch with some of the big names in astronomy.

Jay's sidewalk astronomy resume is impressive: he founded a successful sidewalk astronomy group in New York City and also as a telescope operator and an Observatory and taught astronomy in the Dominican Republic.

To consider donations to this great project. You can follow the project on Twitter.

Tagged as: astronomy, observing, sidewalk astronomy

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