This gift box contains everything a beginner or an experienced astronomer would need to be ready to explore the sky in 2022.
This basket can be one massive gift or it can be broken up into numerous smaller gifts including stocking stuffers. As a suggestion, the meteorites are an excellent gift for someone celebrating a milestone birthday because these specimens are 4.6 billion years old! Older than any rocks from planet Earth.
Package includes:
• Latest edition of Night Watch by Terence Dickenson (excellent intro astronomy book)
• 2022 RASC Observer’s Calendar
• 2022 Night Sky Almanac by CBC Senior Science Reporter Nicole Mortillaro
• 2022 NASA Calendar
• Books on Exploring the Moon with binoculars and a small telescope (plus a workbook)
• Books: “50 Things to See on the Moon” and “110 Things to See with a Telescope”
Observing Gadgets & Accessories
• Outbound 10 x50 Binoculars
• Tripod mounting bracket for above binoculars
• A James Webb Space Telescope notebook to record observations and a space pen
• Steel thermos and a NASA Mug
• 2 tins of Hot Chocolate and 2 Chocolate Bars
• Rechargeable hand warmer plus regular hand warmers
• A white light & red light head lamp
Collectibles and Books
• 4 iron meteorites collected from around the world (4.6 billion years old)
• Children’s book “Elizabeth Goes to Mars” by Betty R. Robinson
• Children’s book – “Mission to Mars”
• A Martian meteorite with COA (that’s right… a tiny piece of Mars)
• Nov/Dec 2021 issue of SkyNews Mag with article on the James Webb Space Telescope
• Mars Rover and Orion medallions
• A Hot Wheels Mars Rover (from 2012)
• A Hot Wheels Action Pack featuring the Mars Sojourner Rover (from 1996)
• 2 James Webb Space Telescope pins and a decal
• Blue Origin hat, stickers and a Blue Origin New Shepard capsule (squeezy toy)
And More…
• Plus assorted stocking stuffers (astronaut ice cream bar, astronomy masks, space decals from Canadian & NASA space missions such as Radarsat, Phoenix, JWST, etc., NASA coasters and socks, Perseverance/Ingenuity T-Shirt, astronaut key chain & more)
Donated by Don Hladiuk, CBC Starman
