This simple lab enables students to build a telescope that is similar to Galileo’s.
- Build a telescope similar to a pinhole camera
- View inverted astronomical images
- Estimate the magnification power
- Find the focal length of a lens
- See how the moon looked to Galileo
Experiment with each element of a simple refracting telescope and see how the lenses work when put together without using an optical bench. Galileo’s first telescopes lacked precision and clarity. Nevertheless, he made astonishing discoveries with his crude instruments.
Delivery information: The kit includes 10 inner and outer tubes, plastic eye pieces lenses, foam holders, cardboard spaces/washer for eyepiece lenses, red plasic caps, and 1 set of instructions and activities. The Single kit contains everything needed to build one telescope.