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 - lunar craters and mountains, four moons circling Jupiter, the phases of Venus, Saturn's rings, and countless stars invisible to the unaided eye - that Galileo Galilei first glimpsed 400 years ago and that still delight stargazers today.
The Galileoscope comes as a kit with simple instructions for no-tools assembly in 5 minutes or less. Its achromatic optics include a 50-mm-diameter objective lens of focal length 500 mm, an eyepiece of focal length 20 mm (magnification 25x), and a 2x Barlow lens (yielding 50x when used with the supplied eyepiece). The Galileoscope accepts almost any optical accessory that has a standard 1¼-inch (31¾-mm) barrel, and it attaches to a standard camera tripod, either a full size or table-top type.
We offer a quality Vivitar 50 inch tripod that's perfect for the Galileoscope. Check it out!
The Galileoscope makes a perfect gift for the student astronomer or anyone who wants to view the night sky up close.
Assembling the Galileoscope - video by the Adler Planetarium
