GALILEOSCOPE/Telescope...BRAND NEW

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Hello.Up for bid is a....GALILEOSCOPE/Telescope BRAND NEW...NEVER USED...BOX NEVER OPENED DESCRIPTION: The Galileoscope is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit developed by a team of leading astronomers, optical engineers, and science educators. No matter where you live, with this easy-to-assemble, 50-mm (2-inch) diameter, 25- to 50-power achromatic refractor, you can see the celestial wonders that Galileo Galilei first glimpsed 400 years ago and that still delight stargazers today. These include lunar craters and mountains, four moons circling Jupiter, the phases of Venus, Saturn’s rings, and countless stars invisible to the unaided eye. Here are the instrument’s key optical characteristics: Objective diameter: 50 mm (2 inches) Objective focal length: 500 mm (f/10) Eyepiece focal length: 20 mm Magnification: 25x (50x with Barlow) Field of view: 1½° (¾° with Barlow) Eyepiece eye relief: 16 mm (22 mm with Barlow) Eyepiece barrel diameter: 1¼ inches (31¾ mm) Astronomy is… ⦁ The perfect vehicle both to interest kids in science and to teach the basics of chemistry, physics, and even biology to elementary and middle school kids. ⦁ A fantastic vehicle for teaching math skills. ⦁ A great way to show the scientific process — how observations and evidence lead to explanations about how the world works It comes as a kit with simple read more