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Can you make a telescope with magnifying glasses?
To make a simple telescope at home, you will need the following: two magnifying glasses – perhaps 1 – 1.5 inches (2.5-3 cm) diameter (it works best if one is larger than the other) a cardboard tube – paper towel roll or gift-wrapping paper roll (it helps if it is long) duct tape.
How do you make a homemade telescope?
Method 2: Making a Telescope with Lenses
- Gather materials.
- Cut the outer tube in half.
- Cut 2 pieces from the inner tube of the mailing tube.
- Make eye-hole in mailing tube cap.
- Drill holes on the outside of the large tube.
- Glue eyepiece lens against removable cap.
- Cut off closed end of outer tube.
What lenses do I need to make a telescope?
Two lenses are needed to build a telescope. We call these the “objective” lens and the “eyepiece” lens. The “Objective” lens should always be a convex lens. Convex lenses are thicker in the middle, and can be used as magnifying glasses or for concentrating sunlight.
How do you make a telescope out of recycled materials?
Instructions
- Gather your supplies.
- Place your cardboard tube on the bottom of your paper cup and trace around the tube using a pen.
- Remove the tube.
- Have an adult use a craft knife to cut the lines inside the circle to create (8) flaps.
- Push the flaps inward.
- Now you will decorate the lens of your telescope.
How do you make a reflecting telescope?
Make a Reflective Telescope
- Concave mirror (with some magnification)
- Lens from a small magnifying glass.
- Thick cardboard tube, equal to the focal length of the mirror.
- Two smaller tubes approximately 10 cm long and 2–3 cm in diameter.
- 2 cm × 2 cm flat mirror.
- Thin wooden dowel (not rounded) or chopstick with edges.
Can you make your own telescope?
Get crafty and build your own telescope to look for birds, treetops, and even stars in the night sky. If you want a better view of birds, treetops, or even the night sky, you and your family can build your own simple telescope.
Can you make a telescope with a concave lens and convex lens?
A telescope can also be made with a concave mirror as its first element or objective, since a concave mirror acts like a convex lens as seen in Figure 3.
How do you make a fake telescope?
How do you make a telescope with a magnifying glass?
Making a Telescope with Magnifying Glasses Gather all your materials. Hold one magnifying glass (the bigger one) between you and the paper. Move the second glass forward or backward until the print comes into sharp focus. Wrap the paper around one of the magnifying glasses. Measure along the edge of the paper from the first mark.
How do you make a telescope out of paper?
To make a telescope, start by wrapping a piece of 24 inch long corrugated paper around the diameter of a magnifying glass lens. Next, glue the paper into a tube shape and use scissors to cut 2 slots into it about 1 inch from each end. Then, place two magnifying glass lenses of different sizes into the slots and glue them into place.
How do you magnify a picture with two magnifying glasses?
Place the second magnifying glass between your eye and the first magnifying glass. Move the second glass forward or backward until the print comes into sharp focus. You will notice that the print appears larger and upside down. Wrap the paper around one of the magnifying glasses.
How do I clean the inside of my Telescope glasses?
By the way, the glasses may get dusty or smeared sometimes (obviously). It doesn’t take a genius to know how to clean the outside of the glasses, but how about the side glued into the inside of the tubes? To clean both sides of the telescope’s glasses, simply slide the small tube out of the big tube.