BINOTECH Telescope offers ease and understanding, which is what it is all about for a child just entering into the science of astronomy. Curiosity  is the learning tool for discovery. This telescope can be used as a toy for schoolwork or as a hobby for your children’s friends. The eyepieces are binocular for ease of use (size changes) adjusted manually.  You never know, there may be another planet out there that is yet to be discovered!   It can be good for bonding with Mom or Dad, and a mutual interest in your child’s  schooling  is also an absolute plus !

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The Hubble Site has to be the entire world’s most important and most accessible astronomical site among any and all others. I love it! Its wonders are available online at any time of day and features an evolving list and gallery of photographs, taken by this unbelievable instrument. There is absolutely no downside to immersing oneself in the Hubble’s wonders. They are totally open for your exploration and delighted to share. This is what we most definitely call a “good thing”.

But for active engagement, complete with viewing the heavens in Real Time, Slooh is the place.

Signing up with Slooh yields 350 minutes of live mission time on the Slooh worldwide telescope network. What is this “network”? This – 3 active observatories, based in Chile, the Canary Islands and in Australia – real live observatories, devoted to star-watching, all with preset and announced gazing times. The additional package with this interesting site includes 2  Slooh Workbooks containing 28 celestial objects, inclusion, as mentioned, in their Northern and Southern hemisphere coverage through Slooh’s network of worldwide observatory sites and the software and instruction on how to take, store, and share pictures taken all on one’s own.

The offer includes 350 live minutes of shared time on these elegant and powerful telescopes, complete with one’s own detours and wanderings. As well, the notebooks and software include tours with “Otto”. Choose numerous mission packs focused on various categories of space. Otto will launch the participant into space and guide you through your mission. You can snap and share recon photos of the entire adventure. Kid friendly in the extreme, this site has won numerous awards for astronomical excellence and educational virtue.

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