Monday, August 28, 2006

A Kid's Refracting Telescope Experience

Ask any kid from Middle School about what he knows about scopes and surely enough he would mention terms like reflecting or refracting telescope or even Galileo telescope.

These astronomical instruments, especially the refractor, are the simplest and easiest to be taught and learned in any science class. These are the scopes that are drawn on cardboards and posted on the wall of the classroom.

If a science teacher would bring his class to a nearby astronomical observatory for a viewing of the planets such as Mars and Jupiter, or the moon's craters or the stars, more often than not, the instrument that they would be using is a refracting telescope.

If a kid is showing some keen interest on knowing more about the heavenly bodies, stars and planets, he would inevitably turn to his parents and bug them for some real, serious scopes for his star gazing activities.

Discount telescope gadgets are available in many scope and optical shop and dealers, and they certainly offer some great refractors with all the nice features - these are perfect for parents who are looking to impress their kid with a refractor that is seeming perfect for him. Nonetheless, it is something that is inexpensive being a discount telescope.

Children who grow up loving astronomy and loving to learn the science, also definitely has the refractor as his first telescope to learn about.

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