Free Shipping on Orders Over $75 & Installment Billing on Orders over $500 (Exclusions Apply)

Welcome to Orion's 39th Anniversary Milky Way Scavenger Hunt & Giveaway

Orion Telescopes & Binoculars is celebrating its 39th year this month!

This is a big year for us, and we couldn't have gotten this far without you, our loyal customers. As you may know, almost every historic American launch into space has occurred at one place in Cape Canaveral: Launch Complex 39. Thank you for launching us into our 39th year!

As we look ahead into the future of astronomy, we find this number extremely significant. As we hurdle towards our 40th year and beyond, we can only imagine the exciting discoveries and advancements on the astronomical horizon, and we're glad to have all of you on board, gazing at the stars and the observable universe with us!

So, to celebrate our 39th year we're hosting a Milky Way Scavenger Hunt during the first four weeks of July. As a way of saying thank you to our customers, we're giving away a StarShoot AutoGuider Pro Mono Astrophotography Camera to one lucky participant!

If you'd like to participate for a chance to win a SSAG Pro, please make sure you do two things first:

• Please read the official rules and instructions
• Have fun!

We've decided to begin each week's Scavenger Hunt clue at Messier 39, or M39, in honor of our 39th year.

Participation is easy:

We'll be posting 4 Milky Way Scavenger Hunt clues this month. Look for the links on our Facebook page on Tuesday, July 1, 8, 15 and 22, as well as in your email.

The scavenger hunt will begin at the open star cluster M39 in Cygnus, and hop from there each week to some of our favorite objects in and around the summer Milky Way.

To enter, use the clues to figure out the mystery object, and submit a sketch or image of the object to us via a Facebook message. If you're sketching, please take a snapshot of the image with your phone or camera and send it to us as a file. Since we'll be publishing four different mystery objects, you can submit up to four images or sketches—and with each submission, your name goes into the giveaway hat for the grand prize: An AutoGuider Pro! The winner will be chosen at random, so while we look forward to seeing your best work, this giveaway is applicable to all participants, and is not a contest for the best work submitted.

Please read the Official Rules and Terms & Conditions for the Scavenger Hunt below before submitting your image or sketch.

Good luck, and clear skies!

The Orion Team

Milky Way Scavenger Hunt Official Rules, Terms, & Conditions

Eligibility: No purchase is necessary and a purchase will not increase your chances of winning. You must be living within the United States to qualify for the Giveaway. The giveaway is void where prohibited or restricted by law. Giveaway is open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states except where prohibited by law. Contest is void in Puerto Rico. This Giveaway is subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Certain restrictions may apply. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age as of June 30, 2014. Employees of Imaginova Corp., Orion dealers, Orion competitors and family members thereof are not eligible.

How to Enter: To enter submit images and images of sketches as a message to our Facebook page. If your submission is not correct but you've made the effort, we'll still enter you to win. All entries must be received between 9:00 AM Pacific Time (PDT) on Tuesday, June 30, 2014 and 9:00 PM (PDT) on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Submissions must be accompanied by a valid email address where you can be notified if you win. Image files must meet the following requirements: jpeg format, minimum width of 600 pixels, and void of frames, labels, or text.

Entries: Total number of entries permitted per contestant is four. Entrants must provide a valid email address. Orion Telescopes & Binoculars is not responsible for late, lost, stolen, mutilated, incomplete, illegible, or misdirected. An entry shall be declared void if the judges determine the entry to not be original, if it depicts any person, or if the entry is illegible, incomplete, damaged, irregular, altered, counterfeit, produced in error or obtained through fraud or theft. Obscene, provocative, or otherwise objectionable content will not be considered, and such determination is solely at the discretion of Orion Telescopes & Binoculars. Orion reserves the right to cancel the contest or modify these rules at its discretion.

Prize: There will be one grand prize winner randomly selected from all eligible entries. The one winner will receive a StarShoot AutoGuider Pro Mono Astrophotography Camera with a retail value of $379.99. Prizes are limited to one per person. Prizes are not redeemable for cash, exchangeable, or transferable. No substitutions are permitted except by Sponsor, who reserves the right to substitute any prize with another of comparable or greater value. All federal, state and local taxes, fees and surcharges on prizes are the sole responsibility of the prize winner.

Winner Selection: Winner will be selected in a random drawing from all eligible entries received. Random drawing will be conducted on Thursday, July 31st 2014. Winner will be announced on Thursday, July 31st on Orion's Facebook page. Winner will also be notified directly by email. In the event that the selected winner(s) of any prize are/is ineligible, refuses the prize, or cannot be contacted, the prize will be forfeited and Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, in its sole discretion, may choose whether to award the prize to another winner. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Winner's Announcement: Winner's name will be available online at Orion's Facebook page on July 31st, 2014. You may also obtain this information by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Milky Way Scavenger Hunt 2014, c/o Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076 (residents of Vermont need not include postage.)

General Provisions & Limitations: By entering the Contest, entrant represents, acknowledges and warrants that the submitted content is an original work created solely by the entrant and that no other party has any right, title, claim or interest in the content. You indemnify and hold harmless Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, and its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising agencies, agents and their employees, officers, directors, and representatives from any claims, losses and damages arising out of your participation in this Contest or any Contest-related activities and the acceptance and use, misuse, or possession of any prize awarded hereunder. You indemnify and hold us harmless against any and all allegations or claims of copyright infringement with respect to your content, and any related suits and/or judgments, including related costs and attorneys' fees. You relinquish all exclusive copyright privileges to the material you submit and you grant Orion Telescopes & Binoculars the non-exclusive right to publish your video, story and/or images or parts thereof , as well as the right to use your name, photograph, likeness and/or voice, in perpetuity in all forms and in all media, whether now known or hereafter invented. You acknowledge that Orion Telescopes & Binoculars has the authority to decide to use your submission or not, at its sole discretion. Entrants also agree (a) to be bound by these Official Rules; and (b) that Orion Telescopes & Binoculars may use the winning content and the winner's name, photograph, likeness, and/or voice in any publicity or advertising relating to the Contest or future promotions without compensation or approval (except in Tennessee and where prohibited by law).

Sponsor: Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, 89 Hangar Way, Watsonville, CA 95076

This contest is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook.