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Reflecting Telescope for Children
Arguably the best Childrens Telescope available!
... equipped with surprisingly good optics
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The
Newtonian telescope, invented by Sir Isaac Newton in 1688,
is now no longer just a scientific instrument - The Infinity
76P transforms the popular Newtonian telescope into a fun
yet educational toy for our younger scientists. It offers
sharp and bright images, allowing kids to easily view vibrant
objects during the day, and dazzling sky-objects during
the night. The Infinity 76 incorporates fun into exploring
the exciting world, satisfying kids' curiosity, expanding
their knowledge and interest towards learning. It also serves
as an attractive home decoration. Our Infinity Reflector
Telescope is manufactured by Sky-Watcher, one of the most
respected telescope manufacturers - products you can trust,
representing great value for money. Indeed, according to
the BBC's Sky at Night programme, the Infinity
"delivers far better performance than you'd think", and
awarded it a very high 92 marks out of 100 for value for
money.
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INFINITY Telescope for Children
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SKY WATCHER CHILDS CELESTIAL TELESCOPE
Our Infinity Telescope is a 'reflector' telescope (sometimes
called a 'reflecting' telescope). Reflector telescopes
use a concave mirror to collect the light coming from
the object being oberved (eg the moon), and reflect this
up to the eyepiece.
The most important thing to look for in a telescope is
the quality of the lenses and mirrors. Generally speaking,
for a reflector telescope, the larger the diameter of
the main mirror, the more light can be collected, and
hence the greater the quality of the magnified image.
Usually, the more you pay, the higher the quality of the
magnified image. This is not always the case though among
the telescopes we regularly review.
The attractive INFINITY-76 telescope benefits from Sky
Watcher's Aspherical Technology, usually only found in
larger, more expensive telescopes. The primary mirror
is altered during polishing to bring the light rays onto
a common focal plane, resulting in sharp images full of
detail. This means that the Infinity 76 telescope has
what is known as a parabolic mirror, rather than inferior
spherical mirrors used on (as far as we know) every other
child's telescope. The result is that the Infinity produces
remarkably bright and clear images. The INFINITY-76 collects
131% more starlight than the average 50mm toy telescope,
bringing hundreds more objects into view. Its intuitive
up-down, left-right manoeuvrability makes it a perfect
user-friendly telescope for kids. Setting up the telescope
is so easy that it is almost ready right out of the box,
allowing your kids to easily explore the exciting universe
to their hearts’ content.
What we also particularly like about the Infinity telescope
is that it achieves a very good trade-off between quality
and price. The magnification of 30x may seem low in comparison
to quoted magnifications of other children's telescopes,
however this enables the Infinity 76P to offer a wide
range of view and this is all done with optics that are
superior in quality to all other telescopes in this price
bracket. The result is that the Infinity provides particularly
clear and bright images that reveal more in the night
sky than other telescopes quoting higher magnifications,
which commonly suffer from poor-quality, low-detailed
and dull images with such a narrow field of view that
children have difficulty in using them. In short, the
Infinity enables amateur astronomists - especially children
- to discover a wealth of hidden secrets in the night
sky, without costing the earth! And, we have to admit,
the remarkable quality of the images makes this telescope
actually quite fun for adults too!
The Infinity 76 has been approved by the TUV Rheinland
Co., Ltd.
Technical specification:
- Mirror Diameter 76mm (2.99")
- Focal Length 300mm
- Magnification: x30
- Telescope Focal Length: 300mm (f/4)
- Eyepiece Supplied: x30 Erecting (provides
upright image suitable for terrestrial use)
- Parabolic Primary Mirror
- Helical Focusing
- Complete with Neckstrap
- Table-Top Cradle
- Gift Box
Package includes:
- Infinity 76 Reflecting Telescope
- 30x Precision Eyepiece
- Bowl stand
- Instruction Booklet
Ages: 6+
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Telescope Features:
- Ideal Children's telescope
- Reflecting
Telescope, with Large 76mm diameter mirror
- Awarded
a very high score (92/100) for value for money by BBC's
Sky at Night
- Perfect
for discovering the Night Sky (and more earthly
subjects!)
- Complete Kit - Everything included
- Ideal for Children
BBC Sky at Night Review
Perfect gifts to go with this telescope:
Home Planetarium
only: £ 26.95
R/C Planet Mobile
only: £ 24.95
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Choosing a Telescope: There are two main categories
of telescope: Refractors and Reflectors. Refractors, use
two or more lenses to collect and focus the light from an
object to the eye of the observer,
and can trace their design back to the telescopes of Galileo’s
era. Reflectors (like the one shown on this page),
developed by Isaac Newton in the 17th century, use mirrors
to focus the light. As magnifications increase, impurities
in the glass of lenses can cause distortion (commonly a
“rainbow-like” halo around objects) requiring expensive
and difficult treatments and coatings to correct. Reflectors
telescopes avoid this problem, and are generally cheaper
to manufacture for a given sized aperture (the main lens
or mirror used to catch the incoming light). As a result,
most high-performance optical telescopes, including the
Hubble Space Telescope, are reflector designs.
Science Museum: The Science Museum in London is one
of the world's pre-eminent science museums, and voted one
of the World’s Top 5 Tech Mecca’s by The Observer. It is
also the UK’s No. 1 visited Museum. The Science Museum houses
outstanding collections relating to science, technology
and medicine, and is one of the most prestigious and respected
organisations dedicated to the promotion of public science
and technology. The origins of the Science Museum lie in
the nineteenth-century movement to improve scientific and
technical education. Prince Albert was a leading figure
in this movement, and he was primarily responsible for the
Great Exhibition of 1851 to promote the achievements of
science and technology. The profits of the hugely successful
Exhibition were used to purchase land in South Kensington
to establish institutions devoted to the promotion and improvement
of industrial technology. At the same time, the Government
set up a Science & Art Department which established the
South Kensington Museum in 1857, from which the Science
Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum have developed.
Please note: Viewing the sun can cause permanent eye
damage. Do not view the sun with the Telescope, Finderscope
or even with the naked eye. To observe the sun, it is
best to project the view onto a piece of white card (see
intsruction booklet).
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