Sharing Telescopes and Resources (STAR)
Sharing Telescopes and Resources (STAR) gathers surplus telescopes and other materials and passes them on to organizations where such resources are difficult to acquire. Individual efforts have been extremely successful at bringing people together from very different countries and cultures through a common interest in astronomy. STAR has sponsors ready to expand the program but additional support is being sought before STAR is officially launched. There are three components to STAR: Gathering telescopes and other materials that are no longer needed in wealthier countries and passing them on to others in the developing world. Some effort continues on a...
