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for Schools  The SPA Schools' Telescope. Photos: Trilby Multimedia To celebrate the International Year of Astronomy (IYA2009), the SPA arranged the distribution of 1000 telescopes to give to secondary schools to help inspire young people (aged between 11 and 14) with the wonders of the night sky. The funding for the telescopes was provided by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). The telescope is a 70mm refractor, which comes with a tripod and several eyepieces. To help teachers take full advantage of the telescope, the SPA has provided a DVD (funded by the Royal Astronomical Society) showing how to set up the telescope, use a star chart, interviews, and much more. The SPA is organising Open Telescope evenings where members, astronomical societies and other groups with telescopes are encouraged to invite people to admire astronomical objects in the night sky 'up closer'.  The telescope has a 70 mm achromatic objective lens About the
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