ACODEA

Costa Rican Astronomy Association (Asociacion Costarricense de Astronomia, in Spanish), is a NGO founded in 1987 dedicated to educate the general public how to use telescopes, their characteristics, how to find celestial bodies in the sky and also how to take pictures of such bodies. It also informs the general public of upcoming eclipses, comet showers, etc. On its website, people who are interested in any of these topics are able to find the necessary resources to explore the stars through their forums and other links readily available. ACODEA also hosts different events such as “Telescopios en la Acera” (Telescopes on the Sidewalk), as shown at the picture on the left. This event consists on teaching Costa Ricans on topics such as stars, our Moon, and other celestial bodies and how to look at them through the use of telescopes.