{"id":589,"date":"2016-09-28T20:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T23:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/?p=589"},"modified":"2016-09-28T20:06:16","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T23:06:16","slug":"telescope-sale-raffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/2016\/09\/28\/telescope-sale-raffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Telescope Sale &amp; Raffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4384 size-full\" title=\"eight inch Dobsonian Telescope\" src=\"http:\/\/sidewalkastronomy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/eight_Dob.jpg\" alt=\"eight_dob\" width=\"670\" height=\"435\" \/>In support of providing telescopes to local public libraries, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/sidewalkastronomerscharlottetown\/\">Sidewalk Astronomers of Charlottetown<\/a> are organizing a <a href=\"http:\/\/sidewalkastronomy.ca\/2016-telescope-sale-begins\/\">telescope sale and raffle<\/a>. If you&#8217;re interested in getting a telescope of your own, you can buy a 8&#8243; Dobsonian telescope (pictured above) for a special price of $425 (HST and shipping included). Or you can buy a raffle ticket for a chance to win a telescope. These telescopes are a larger version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tL7aBNTf0Pc\">easy-to-use 6&#8243; telescopes that are available to borrow from the Charlottetown public library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have questions or are interested in purchasing a telescope or raffle ticket, <a href=\"http:\/\/sidewalkastronomy.ca\/contact-a-sidewalk-astronomer-in-charlottetown\/\">contact Keith<\/a> as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In support of providing telescopes to local public libraries, the Sidewalk Astronomers of Charlottetown are organizing a telescope sale and raffle. If you&#8217;re interested in getting a telescope of your own, you can buy a 8&#8243; Dobsonian telescope (pictured above) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/2016\/09\/28\/telescope-sale-raffle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":590,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589\/revisions\/590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/astronomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}