Treasures of the Universe - unique astrophotography book
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A unique book with over 50 views of the most beautiful places in the cosmos seen by professional as well as amateur astrophotographers
Backers: 276
Average Pledge Per Backer: €57
Funded: €15,739 of €9,000
Dates: Oct 31st -> Nov 30th (31 days)
Project By: André van der Hoeven
Backers: 276
Average Pledge Per Backer: €57
Funded: €15,739 of €9,000
Dates: Oct 31st -> Nov 30th (31 days)
Project By: André van der Hoeven
€15,739
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 30 @ 19:01 -0500 GMT
174%
of goal
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Latest News
The project is funded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, the campaign has ended, and how! The last four weeks have been a bit like a rollercoaster ride. When you start a project like this you don’t know how things will go. You try to prepare everything and hope that it will be a success. But you... (Read More)
Stretch goal reached!
November 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Yes, the stretch goal of 12.500 euros is reached! This means the book will definitely be with a nice hotfoil gold lettered cover and in a larger print series. I'm really glad this goal succeeded and now I'm looking forward to start the print process.... (Read More)
Day 26 and counting...
November 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I just came back from a visit to the printer. We talked about all kinds of details, like print varnish, bleedlines and RGB/CMYK conversions. It's like stepping into a different world :) I got a paper sample of the paper that will be used in the book... (Read More)
Pre-Order “Treasures of the Universe” Astrophotography Book Through Kickstarter
November 25th - via: universetoday.com
We’ve featured the photography of André van der Hoeven here many times, and all of his photos are wonderful. (Read More)
Day 22...
November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Four days ago I was glad to mention the initial goal was reached and the 9000 euros was passed. Now we are 4 days further into the campaign with 8 days left to go. The project is still running well, although the last two days have shown a little... (Read More)
We made it and stretch goal...
November 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Last time I was wondering what would be the next update. That was 3 days ago. And now I have some great news! The goal was reached. The campaign has just passed the 9000 euros and so 'Treasures of the Universe' will become reality! I'm really very,... (Read More)
Two weeks left...
November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Well it's two weeks now since the start and still two weeks left to go. So it's time to make up the balance to see if everything is going well :) I dare to say that it is. Today the balance is 86% with about 1200 euro left to reach the initial... (Read More)
Almost there...
November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Three days further more in the campaign and we're really approaching the target. The count has just passed 7000 euros (78%!!!) and there are still some pledges coming that I know of. So it's really running very close :) I never dared to think it... (Read More)
Wow...
November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers and people interested in this project, Just two days ago I was very happy to announce that we passed the 50% mark. Now just 2 days later we're already at 65%. It's really unbelievable. Things are going really well, and it seems that my... (Read More)
Half way!
November 6th - via: kickstarter.com
We just passed the 50% mark. From now on we can start counting down towards the goal... I'm really flabbergasted by the fact that in just 6 days from the start of the campaign we're already halfway. Of course there is still a long way to go, but I'm... (Read More)
5 days into the campaign
November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Today it's day number 5 of the campaign and we passed the 35% mark! Thank you all so much for that. Things are getting harder now and I'm working hard to reach media to get proper outreach. Yesterday a newspaper article appeared in a local newspaper:... (Read More)
Three days into the campaign...
November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We just crossed the 2500 euros! I'm very happy that the project is running well. Now it's time to gain some momentum :) Last weekend I was with my father at the Space Expo at Estec in Noordwijk where I had a promotion booth for the book.... (Read More)
First day almost over
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Dear backers, Thank you all very much for you support. We're just one day on the way and already almost 1500 euros have been pledged. This was a very nice surprise for me. It starts to give me real hope we can make this project a succes... André (Read More)
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