Also, the $20 dollar telescope, although I never tested one, I believe they are probably not worth the investment.
I believe the main goal, about the telescope, would be have a fair enough quality. If they are sold at $20 at amazon, that means we could get near that price but with a incomparable better telescope. If we could produce it mass, China would probably provide us a very low cost price. It goes without saying that the laptop could serve as a tripod and the possibility of using the telescope + webcam open a wide array of possibilities: astrophotography, etc. There is a photoshop plugin names FITS (http://www.spacetelescope.org/projects/fits_liberator/) that enables astrophotography training, namely tweaking all the imagery of separated hubble photo in RGB. It would be ravishing to have kids all over the world producing photos from that software or other similar software. Kind Regards, José Raeiro Technical Translator [email protected] +351 917 286 237 On 27 June 2013 18:30, José Raeiro <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Benjamin, > > I have a project to make a simple brochure, IKEA-style (more images > than words), to serve as a simple guide to the sky. Short, to the > point, including the "funniest" facts about the sky and a small tour > to the main constellations. Maybe we would have to adapt it latitude > wise, but it's worth giving a shot, even using constellations that are > well visible in both hemispheres. > > The main idea would be: a simple brochure just to give a small > introduction to observation. After that we could develop new brochures > regarding observation and astronomy. > > Using interactive modes we could prepare some observing exercises. > Even drawing the observation would be great for kids. Before > photography that's how astronomy was done, pen and paper. > > Kind Regards, > > José Raeiro > > Technical Translator > [email protected] > +351 917 286 237 > > > On 27 June 2013 17:00, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Send Educators mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/educators >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Educators digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. OLPC and astronomy (Jos? Raeiro) >> 2. Re: OLPC and astronomy (Bastien) >> 3. Re: OLPC and astronomy (Benjamin, Thomas) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 21:23:13 +0100 >> From: Jos? Raeiro <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Educators] OLPC and astronomy >> Message-ID: >> <caoav8yncy2k+v0art6guogkmtztp5qcy81l8vswes1tqkx6...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> Hello, >> >> I studied astrophysics and I would like to help with whatever I can. >> I'm also a science educator and gave several talks, courses, etc. I >> taught a 5-years course at the Popular University of Porto. >> >> Is there any astronomy tool in the standard software pack that comes with >> OLCP? >> >> I can help on the creation of content or I can work together with >> coders to produce an astronomic software tool. >> >> I believe a planetarium would be essential to this project, since most >> of the target-public live in dark skies. >> >> I would also like to discuss the creation of a $20 telescope in the >> same philosophy of OLPC. >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Jos? Raeiro >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:26:47 +0200 >> From: Bastien <[email protected]> >> To: Jos? Raeiro <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Educators] OLPC and astronomy >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >> Hi Jos?, >> >> Jos? Raeiro <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Is there any astronomy tool in the standard software pack that comes >>> with OLCP? >> >> Your best starting point is here: >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Moon >> >> You also have the Telescope activity: >> http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/addon/4481 >> >> And Alex Kleider demonstrating the telescope device designed by La >> Main ? la P?te (the "Hands On Science" foundation in France): >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAKK9tUIiY >> http://www.fondation-lamap.org/node/17992 >> >>> I can help on the creation of content or I can work together with >>> coders to produce an astronomic software tool. >> >> You can take this PDF and maybe explore possible adaptations, >> translations and/or enhancements: >> >> http://olpc-france.org/docs/Seminaire_edifolco_LAMAP-OLPC_dec2009-GB.pdf >> >>> I would also like to discuss the creation of a $20 telescope in the >>> same philosophy of OLPC. >> >> This is exactly what La Main ? la P?te has been trying to do. >> The design is here, they are only looking for massive commands >> to start the production -- AFAIK discussions are pending, but >> not conclusive so far. >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> -- >> Bastien >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:57:08 +0000 >> From: "Benjamin, Thomas" <[email protected]> >> To: Educators and OLPC <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Educators] OLPC and astronomy >> Message-ID: >> >> <08ab3421931a814a97fabc925fcfa1a11f88d...@wpexchmbsl1022.central.det.win> >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Surplus Shed has deals on optics to make simple telescopes. The Galileoscope >> project produced some inexpensive ones. But the key thing in astronomy is a >> star map. Without an old-fashioned star wheel and atlas it is hard for a >> beginner to find anything. I would bet that a novice armed with Olcott's >> 1930 Fieldbook of the Sky and a vintage star wheel would easily outperform a >> novice armed with digital gear in finding anything worth viewing in the sky. >> >> Tom Benjamin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bastien >> Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013 7:27 AM >> To: Jos? Raeiro >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Educators] OLPC and astronomy >> >> Hi Jos?, >> >> Jos? Raeiro <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Is there any astronomy tool in the standard software pack that comes >>> with OLCP? >> >> Your best starting point is here: >> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Moon >> >> You also have the Telescope activity: >> http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/addon/4481 >> >> And Alex Kleider demonstrating the telescope device designed by La >> Main ? la P?te (the "Hands On Science" foundation in France): >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqAKK9tUIiY >> http://www.fondation-lamap.org/node/17992 >> >>> I can help on the creation of content or I can work together with >>> coders to produce an astronomic software tool. >> >> You can take this PDF and maybe explore possible adaptations, translations >> and/or enhancements: >> >> http://olpc-france.org/docs/Seminaire_edifolco_LAMAP-OLPC_dec2009-GB.pdf >> >>> I would also like to discuss the creation of a $20 telescope in the >>> same philosophy of OLPC. >> >> This is exactly what La Main ? la P?te has been trying to do. >> The design is here, they are only looking for massive commands to start the >> production -- AFAIK discussions are pending, but not conclusive so far. >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> -- >> Bastien >> _______________________________________________ >> Educators mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/educators >> ********************************************************************** >> This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain >> privileged information or confidential information or both. 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