The historical Galileo telescope

The historical Galileo telescope

With this historically faithful cardboard replica, you can directly relive Galileo's great research achievement, despite the modest optical performance of this telescope by today's standards. The kit corresponds in size and optical properties to the telescopes of the time and is based on the only surviving telescope that can be attributed to Galileo with certainty, the oldest telescope in the world: a leather-covered and gold-embossed showpiece for Cosimo II de Medici, which is now on display in Florence.

  • Magnification: 12x
  • Dimensions of the assembled item: length: up to 78 cm, diameter: approx. 4 cm
  • Scope of delivery: pre-cut and printed cardboard sheets for assembly with detailed building instructions, with two glass lenses and cardboard sheets for building a wall and table Mount
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Time: more time-consuming
  • 5 piece In stock
  • Delivery time: 2 - 3 Workdays (DE - int. shipments may differ)
14,90 €
incl. 19% VAT , plus shipping costs (Paket)
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