Introducing the 10000th delivered Unistellar eVscope!!

Introducing a special member of the Unistellar community: San Diego State University, which has just received the 10,000th delivered Unistellar eVscope!!

The 10000th delivered Unistellar eVscope, at San Diego State University

The first delivery of an eVscope happened at the end of 2019. Reaching this new milestone is a clear testimonial of the fast and continuous growth of Unistellar’s unique global community of citizen astronomers. More than 10,000 smart telescope eVscopes are now observing outer space and contributing to space science.

The eVscope 2 was delivered in person to Bill Welsh, a professor from San Diego State University’s Department of Astronomy, and his students by Tom Esposito, Space Science Principal at Unistellar and Assistant Research Astronomer at the SETI Institute.

Tom Esposito and Bill Welsh receiving the 10000th delivered Unistellar eVscope

“I anticipate students will be able to use the telescope to participate in global research sponsored by Unistellar and to learn about telescope optics and detectors. They may even be able to acquire data to support the exoplanet detection research Jerry Orosz and I do,” said Bill Welsh.

Thomas Tran, president of the Schwartz Astronomical Society (SDSU’s astronomy-focused student organization) said, “I am beyond excited to get my hands on the new eVscope! This new telescope will be such an amazing resource for our students who want to further their passion for the night sky.”

Tom Esposito and Thomas Tran setting up the eVscope in front of Heppner Hall.

Unistellar’s global network of smart telescopes is already highly popular among educational institutions, from community colleges in our program to UC Berkeley. By receiving the 10,000th eVscope, San Diego State University is joining a vibrant community of space outreach and citizen science.

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