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ID Code: L7-16
Purpose: Demonstrate optics of a telescope
Description: The Galileoscope is a refracting telescope, or refractor: a long tube with a big lens (the objective) at the front end and a small lens (the eyepiece) at the back end. Light is refracted when it goes through the big lens, and then reach the eyes through the eyepiece. The scope can be disassembled to see the lenses.
Availability: Available