Every year in April, the astronomy community celebrates Global Astronomy Month with many great activities to introduce people around the world to the joys of astronomy. There are several different types of activities both online and ‘in-person’ events where the public can meet astronomer.
Excitingly, there is also a special offer which allows you to hold the entire sky in your hand! How? With special software for your laptop or mobile device, which helps support GAM!
It’s Sky Safari planetarium software from Southern Stars, who take part in GAM 2012 to give back to community, and in this case to Astronomer Without Border (AWB) who organize GAM every year.
AWB is a large community that have many great programs which contribute to astronomy outreach in many countries. Mike Simmons, AWB President told 365 Days of Astronomy,“We do probably a half-million dollars in programs each year based on the hard work of passionate amateur astronomers and educators around the world. This can’t be sustained, of course, and our programs — and everyone’s expectations of us — continue to grow. This is really, really important to us. 2012 presents many opportunities and we’re working on them. But we need to convert some of the passion we have in abundance to income to keep it going. ”
Southern Stars takes part in GAM 2012 by giving back 30% of the sales of Sky Safari to help AWB to support their great programs. Sky Safari itself has 3 versions, Basic, Plus and Pro. All three versions now have significant discounts of up to 30% in the last week GAM.
SkySafari 3 – $1.99 (regularly $2.99). 120,000 stars and 220 star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Solar system’s major planets and moons using NASA spacecraft imagery, 20 asteroids and comets.
SkySafari 3 Plus – $11.99 (regularly $14.99). Wired or wireless telescope control with accessories sold separately. 2.5 million stars, 31,000 deep sky objects (with entire NGC/IC catalog), over 4,000 asteroids, comets, and satellites.
SkySafari 3 Pro – $39.99 (regularly $59.99). Wired or wireless telescope control with accessories sold separately. 15 million stars (most of any astronomy app), 740,000 galaxies to 18th magnitude, over 550,000 solar system objects including every known comet and asteroid.
How can you help? You can buy the apps for your Apple devices, android and your Mac. If you don’t need Sky Safari, you can also give Sky Safari as a gift for your friends, family and loves one. Or consider donating to support AWB activities. Or, just spread the word about the great deals on Sky Safari.