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replicas of early telescopes that really work. These telescopes use
high quality German optical acrylic lenses to give you superb images.
The kits have pre-printed cut-out cards and full instructions enabling
you to easily construct these fully-working instruments whilst at
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Newton Reflecting
Telescope
An incredible instrument with a glass mirror from the Baader
planetarium in Germany. 2 objective lenses give you 16X and
30X magnification so you can use it effectively for observing
the night sky and the moon's craters. Properly adjusted you
can even see Jupiter's moons!
The main mirror is 70mm diameter, 450mm focal length and both
mirrors are front-silvered. The hexagonal tube design strengthens
the telescope body and the telescope is fixed on a Dobson
mounting. Black and Gold printing make this a decorative as
well as functional telescope.
This telescope kit parts are already die-cut for you which
means construction is easier and quicker and much more precise.
Order Code: OPK0001 Price: £19.99
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Sun-Filter For Reflecting Telescope
This is the proper filter to allow you to make observations
of sun-spots. 100,000X Neutral density filter reduces
the brightness of the image so avoiding damage to your
eyes.
(Warning: Do NOT look at the sun without using this!)
Order Code: OPK0002 Price: £2.99
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Galileo
Telescopes
Used by Galileo Galilei for his discoveries, this type of telescope
has two lenses and gives an upright image so is best for terrestrial
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Folding Mini-Telescope
A Galileo telescope which folds up smaller than a credit
card to slip easily into your shirt pocket or wallet.
In the record books as the world's smallest telescope.
Order Code: OPK0005 Price:
£2.99
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Pocket
Telescope
A mini version of the Galileo telescope with a 3.5X magnification.
Order Code: OPK0004 Price: £2.99 |
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Standard
Telescope
38cm long with a magnification of about 10X.
Order Code: OPK0003 Price:
£3.99
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Pirate
Telescope
A small Galileo telescope that is simpler to assemble for younger
constructors. Black and gold printing with crossed swords and
skull and crossbones decoration. 6 times magnification.
Order Code: OPK0007 Price: £3.99
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Nelson
Telescope
This 5 section sailors telescope with
6x magnification collapses down to fit in a lidded storage
box. It has a large (45mm) objective lens and gives an upright
image. Pre-cut card with elegant gold and black printed decoration,
the telescope measures 15cm when collapsed and 35cm extended.
Order Code: OPK12 Price: £9.99
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Kepler Telescope
This type of telescope uses a different set of lenses which
gives a larger but inverted image. It is better than a Galileo
telescope for astronomical use because of the larger, sharper
image. This model is 45 cm long when extended and magnifies
about 10X.
Order Code: OPK0006 Price: £4.99
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| OTHER OPTICAL
INSTRUMENTS |
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Microscope
View the detail in salt crystals, feathers, textile fibres,
etc. build a fully functioning microscope with 3 lens optical
system giving 40 x magnification. Fully adjustable mirrors for
both top and bottom illumination. Attractively printed in gold
and black. Die-cut card for precise construction.
Order Code: OPK0008 Price: £17.99
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Pocket Zoom Microscope
A precision pocket microscope no bigger than a cigar. View
textile fibres, colour printing dots, butterfly wing scales,
etc. Computer calculated 4 lens construction gives a colour
corrected sharp image over the entire field of view. Stepless
Zoom from 20x to 40x. Attractively printed in gold and black.
Die-cut card for precise construction. Overall size 2x2x11.5cm.
Order Code: OPK0010 Price: £6.95
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Magic
Lantern
An elegant old-style ''magic lantern'' model which actually
works. Battery powered for child-safe operation, you can project
the images onto a screen or blank wall. A 6V lamp with parabolic
reflector, condensor lense and 2-lens objective give a reasonably
bright image (although not upto the standard of a 100W slide
projector). Create your own film strips by painting or drawing
on transparent plastic or use 35mm film strip. Hours of fun
kids and adults alike, Needs 4 AA batteries (not included-order
code BT0012 @ £1.95 for 4).
Order Code: OPK0009 Price: £19.99
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Sun Projector
Observe sunspots and eclipses safely. This device projects an
image of the sun onto a screen via 3 lenses and a mirror and
includes a 5 step adjustable iris to vary the brightness. Pre-cut
card for precise construction. 20 x 20 x 25cm. View the partial
solar eclipse on 3rd October 2005.
Order Code: OPK11 Price: £19.99 |
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Kaleidoscope
Make yor own kaleidoscope with this kit and fill the viewing
chamber with your own choice of subject. Flower petals, beads
or crumpled sweet papers will give different effects. Pre-cut
card for easy construction.
Order Code: OPK13 Price: £12.99
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USB
Computer Microscope
New Improved Model - QX5 USB Computer Microscope with higher
resolution (640 x 480) and Superbrite LED illumination. View
objects at up to 200x magnification on your computer screen.
No more peering through a small lens. Now all the family can
see what's under the microscope. This superb microscope magnifies
anything from 10x all the way to 200x. You can view everything
from the pre-prepared slide of a honeybee leg to a close up
of your own tongue.
Much more than just slides
The most impressive thing about this microscope is the fact
you can take it out of it's slide-viewing cradle. As long
as it's still plugged into the computer, you can magnify anything
with it: the hairs on your arm, your eyeball, flowers or even
the hidden microscopic text on money. While it is harder to
focus using the microscope in hand-held mode, it allows children
to interact witha moving and alive world, rather than the
pre-prepared, dead, flat world of a traditional microscope.
Movies of the microscopic
Another great feature of the microscope is that it's not just
a stills camera, it's a movie camera too. Carpet fly-overs,
centipede's leg articulation or flies digesting their food
can all be captured. You can even create a time-lapse movie.
Photgraphing a sprouting seed over hours and then playing
the images back as a movie is an amazing leap forward from
the static view of a traditional microscope.
See the image on your computer screen
Save the images on your computer
10x, 60x and 200x magnification
As supplied by Intel to UK schools
Plugs straight into your PC's USB port
System requirements: Available USB port. Intel Pentium, Celeron
200MHz or processor that is comparable or faster. 32MB of
RAM. Minimum 150MB hard drive space. CD-ROM Drive (to load
software). DirectX8 graphics. Windows compatible sound device.
Works on Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/Me/2000/XP.
Order Code: TG0011 Price: £89.99
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