Celestron Telescopes, as represented by Marketing Manager Michelle Meskill and Outreach Specialist Kevin Kawai, made a big splash at the Eighth Annual AstroDay Festival. Besides having an exhibit at the event with lots of collateral take-aways of literature, toys and swag, Celestron brought a number of their telescopes and accessories to display and demonstrate. In addition, Celestron gave away three telescopes, books and software in a lucky number drawing that had the crowd on the edge of their seats. Kevin jumped up onstage, and with the assistance of event Master of Ceremonies "DC in the Morning", drew the tickets of a few very lucky individuals. Here are hte results of this year's Celestron Hawaiian Skies Giveaway:

Third Place - Thomas Reimer, Jr of Pahoa

Thomas was the lucky winner of the Celestron FirstScope 76mm Dobsonian tabletop telescope. Named Official Product of International Year of Astronomy 2009, FirstScope pays tribute to the men and women who brought us one step closer to understanding the universe around us!

Second Place - Nelson Makua, of Hilo

Nelson is the designer of this year's AstroDay logo, and the winner of the Celestron AstroMaster 70AZ telescope and tripod. The AstroMaster is easy to set up and use, and employs erect image optics for terrestrial or astronomical viewing. Nelson told me he always wanted to have a telescope - now he's got one!

First Place - Delia Nakano, of Hilo

Delia is the AstroDay Festival's Grand Prize Winner of the Celestron Hawaiian Skies Giveaway, and takes home a Celestron NexStar 4 SE computerized go-to telescope. With 4" Maksutov-Cassegrain optics, the SE combines the classic heritage of the original orange tube telescopes with the latest state-of-the-art features.