Launch on the easiest route to the stars: POINT AND LOOK! See the BIG PICTURE: the richest, widest, most contrasty view. Wow, now!
Launch on the easiest route to the stars: POINT AND LOOK! Bright-Eye sets up in 15 seconds, the fastest of any telescope. Find targets the easiest and fastest of any newcomer’s telescope. THE BIG PICTURE: see the richest, widest, most contrasty view, not the dim wobbly frustration of toy-department scopes. Bright-Eye is compact, stable, portable, rugged … and cute. It comes with everything a newcomer needs to begin skywatching. Wow, now! See objects more than 50 million light-years away.
Ages 10-100 (younger and older too, if assisted).
… visually through the eyepiece. Not the familiar gaudy time-exposures, usually taken through very large telescopes. There’s nothing like seeing the objects live and in person, for an inspirational dose of reality.
All come with a manual, which is also online.
Type: Newtonian reflector telescope. The optical system was invented by Isaac Newton.
I have been popularizing astronomy all my life. I’ve given thousands of planetarium shows, taught astronomy to thousands of college students, and wrote the Sky & Telescope magazine articles that transformed Astronomy Day from a few local observances into a global celebration. I co-designed the first version of this telescope; those 39-year-old telescopes sell for about twice their original price. I published John Dobson’s own book about making Dobsonian telescopes. His favorite material was plywood so I thought of binding the book in that. Many people said it couldn’t be done, and several said it shouldn’t be done. To me, that’s a dare, so I did it. The books sold out quickly. 25 years later, copies command 12 times the original price.
Seeing the wonders of our Universe directly, in person, has an impact that no computer graphics can match. Newcomers gasp at the views, and grasp how far things have to be to look that way. They find the experience awesome and fulfilling. Watching them is awesomely fulfilling.
The funds from this Kickstart will buy the component parts, and pay optics experts to assemble and ship the telescopes. Several parts need expensive molds. If we don’t fund all molds, some components will be shaped by smaller-scale means.
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The less light pollution, the better your view.
Bright-Eye disclaims any responsibility for clouds.
Never point any telescope at the Sun.
Read much richer information at our temporary webhome:
http://www.everythingintheuniverse.com/blog/draft-for-bright-eye-website
http://www.everythingintheuniverse.com/blog/draft-for-bright-eye-manual
Copyright © 2016 by Norman Sperling
Project title picture by Sheldon Carpenter
Video script, telescope, and talking head: Norman Sperling
Video Producer and Director: Mason Sperling
Video Editing: Keenan McGuckin
Seven Sisters base picture by Sylvain Billot, courtest of creative commons
Orion Nebula and Andromeda Galaxy pictures copyright by R. L. Dietz, used by permission
Dust Cap visualization by Steve Johnson
Astroscan is a registered trademark of Scientifics Direct, Tonawanda, New York.
Suppliers of materials (optical glass, plastics, etc.) may change availability, price, or delivery time.
Shipping prices might increase even more.
We have scouted appropriate workshops, but will not commit until the Kickstart campaign closes … at which time certain possible locations may no longer be available.
Our first-choice staffers may not be available when we want them.