In collaboration with the Belgian initiative Sterren Schitteren voor Iedereen (SSVI) and Universe Awareness (UNAWE), the Astronomical Union are giving away 10 Bresser Refractor telescopes that have been signed by astronauts to support astronomy educational activities with children around the world. These will be used during the 100 Hours of Astronomy 2.0 Global Project on 18-21 January 2019.

The 100 Hours of Astronomy 2.0 project invites amateur astronomers, educators, professional astronomers, planetaria, science centres and more to arrange stargazing and other astronomy-related events around the world on 18-21 January 2019. This event is part of the IAU100 Celebrations that commemorates a century of astronomy research and discoveries since the founding of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1919.