Sterren Schitteren Voor Iedereen (Stars Shine For Everyone)
An Astronomy Project for children with disabilities and underserved communities around the world

Stars Shine for everyone Project is a cooperation between Volkssterrenwacht A.Pien vzw and Ghent University dept. Physics and Astronomy.
”All children in special education and vulnerable people should have the opportunity to admire the starry sky with the help of a telescope.” This is the starting point of the Public Observatory Armand Pien, based on an idea by Jean-Pierre Grootaerd.

Sterren Schitteren Voor Iedereen is realised by the Amateur Telescope Making group (Kijkerbouw) of the UGent Public Observatory Armand Pien and the Department Physics and Astronmy of the University Ghent.
Belgian astronauts DIRK FRIMOUT and FRANK DE WINNE parented the project SSVI and S4G.
This initiative takes place in collaboration with Euro Space Society, Universe Awareness Leiden University and IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach.
The project is present in over 150 countries across all continents.

To this project, BRESSER donates a significant number of telescopes each year. Traditionally, these are Bresser Messier 90/900 or 70/700 refractors equipped with solar filter, two eyepieces and (since 2020) an electronic eyepiece. Rob Walrecht Productions provides extra educational materials.
Leiden University provides shipping of the telescopes that were won at the IAU - SSVI competition.

During the IAU100 celebration year 2019, SSVI was allowed to have an important place. Two competitions were held where you can see the results here;
Winners competition 100 years IAU and Winners IAU contest 50 years moon landing

In 2020 and 2021, SSVI became a partner of IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach. A contest 'Telescopes For All' was held where 30 telescopes with accessories were distributed.
Winners of the contests.

Since 2020, there has also been a partnership with L'Astronomie Afrique and RFI l' émission Autour de la Question.

Telescopes series 2022 Newtonian 110mmF900, Provided with BRESSER eyepieces, solar filter, viewfinder and MikrOcular Full HD camera

Bresser 70/700 Nano telescopes

win an SSVI telescope in 2023

NameExoWorlds A global outreach project

This contest is a organized by the International Astronomical Union. NameExoWorlds 2022 is a collaboration between the Executive Committee Working Group on Exoplanetary Systems Nomenclature and the IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach. In this edition, the IAU wishes to bring together the public, amateur astronomers and exoplanetary scientists and together to name this new set of available exoworlds. Anyone, including students and teachers, astronomy enthusiasts, amateur astronomers and exoplanetary scientists, may form a team and propose names for 20 exoplanetary systems, each of which consists of one known exoplanet and its host star. SSVI provide 15 BRESSER 70/700 NANO telescopes.
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CONTEST L'ASTRONOMIE AFRIQUE

Every trimester, L'Astronomie Afrique in collaboration with RFI émission Autour de la question organizes a competition in which each time an SSVI telescope can be won. Rules you can find here; Jeu Concours

Women and Girls in Astronomy

Women and Girls in Astronomy project supports events that recognise the role of all women in advancing science and encourages everyone on and off the gender spectrum to consider careers in astronomy.

Challenge vidéo astro-ados de la francophonie 2023

SSVI provide 10 BRESSER Nano 70/700 refractors with solar filter, camera and 2 eyepiece to this contest.

'Beamline for Schools' (Powered by CERN)

Beamline for Schools is a physics competition organized by CERN that invites teams of high-school students from all over the world to prepare the proposal for an experiment that can be performed at a particle accelerator test beam facility.
SSVI offered 10 BRESSER telescopes as special prizes. Winners of this countest on this website.

Telescopes for All:100 hours of Astronomy

Both contests will be organised Autumn 2023 by IAU Office for Astronomy Outreach in partnership with SSVI. Contest rules follows!

Telescopes for All: Build your own low budget telescope. (more wll follow soon)

All telescopes are intended for groups: astronomy outreach in the spirit of the Telescopes for All - SSVI project. Not for exclusive private use'