{"id":1053,"date":"2009-05-29T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2009-06-27T13:15:43","modified_gmt":"2009-06-27T17:15:43","slug":"get-ye-a-galileoscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1053","title":{"rendered":"Get ye a Galileoscope!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, is helping to promote a cool science gadget: the Galileoscope<\/a>! It’s an inexensive telescope being offered in conjunction with the Year of Astronomy. But Phil says <\/a>that in order for production to continue, folks need to buy ’em! So, I placed my order for two, and I hope you’ll stop by the site and order some yourself<\/a>. They’re only 15 bucks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait, is helping to promote a cool science gadget: the Galileoscope! It’s an inexensive telescope being offered in conjunction with the Year of Astronomy. But Phil says that in order for production to continue, folks need to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcZNLl-gZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1206,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1206","url_meta":{"origin":1053,"position":0},"title":"This and that","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"July 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"-- Two Florida events are signed on so far for the USA Science & Engineering Festival: Citizen Science Symposium Satellite Fest Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center 2010-10-23 Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center 4202 24th St SE Ruskin, Florida 33570 Jax Science Festival Organized by: Jax Popular Science Club 2010-10-23 Jacksonville\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":975,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=975","url_meta":{"origin":1053,"position":1},"title":"A bit of confusion, but all is good","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"March 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"There was a flurry of activity yesterday started by the initial confusion of a Tampa Tribune reporter, but the end result is actually good news. 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