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Planets! Saturn and Jupiter are best,
but don’t neglect Venus and Mars.
You’ll need an updated star map
from a computer program or
internet site to find the planets on a
particular night.
What Can I Look At?
How Does the FunScope Work?
Wildlife, birds, owls, butterflies, and
airplanes flying overhead! Just
about anything that you can see
can be seen up close with the
FunScope.
At the bottom of the FunScope
there is a specially curved 3” mirror.
This mirror can gather about 120
times more light than your own
eye.
The special curve of this mirror
(called a parabola) concentrates
that light so it will hit the smaller,
flat mirror near the top of the
FunScope.
The small mirror reflects the light
out to the eyepiece. The eyepiece
then focuses all that light so you
can see an image.
The eyepiece magnifies the object
by 30 times, compared to what
your eyes normally see.
The Moon! You’ll see tons of craters
and mountains. Remember, the
view is better when the Moon is
only partly full.
“Deep space” objects beyond our
solar system, such as star clusters,
glowing nebulas, and even the
Andromeda Galaxy!