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Gift Guide For The Little Astronomer

Shopping for an astronomy buff? The minds of these little stargazers are off in another galaxy, but they’re still stuck here, so why not help them get a little closer to where their hearts are at? Obviously they likely already have the telescope and the charts, so we wanted to get a little creative, especially since we’ve fallen in love with stargazing…here are some gift ideas for the little astronomer in your life as they traverse outer space in their imaginations.

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Gifts For The Amateur Astronomer

1. Star Walk 2 app for the iPad- point it at the sky and it will tell you exactly what you are looking at, with amazing graphics….beautiful!

2. iOptron LiveStar Mini Planetarium lets you see the stars in your own room- the real constellations with 4,000+ objects- and it not only rotates, but can be set by date, latitude and longitude to show the night sky anywhere in the world.

3. Inspirational wall decals from Wall Monkeys so they can study and sleep surrounded by beautiful and motivational images

4. A real piece of meteorite from Meteorlab, which sells meteorites and meteoritical-related geology specimens from the moon and elsewhere…your stargazer can have a real piece of the world out there for their own.

5. A membership to the Intrepid or a local space museum/observatory, so they can really immerse themselves with what they love, and find others who love it as much




  • I think I’m going to have to get Star Walk for myself. I’m always looking up at the stars and trying to figure out what constellations I’m seeing. Will be handy to have an app instead of googling!