Choosing and Buying a Telescope

The Ferrari Visio binoculars are red, include the familiar horse logo and include some carbon fiber, of course. They are available for $199 and can provide up to 8x magnification. The Ferrari ZenithStar telescope provides up to 50x magnification and can attach onto camera with a special adapter. It’s available for $699. The Ferrari ZenithStar Anniversary Edition is just like the regular model, except it is cast carbon fiber and can magnify up to 65x. It is available for $1599... Read Full Story

While we have no physical evidence, we have very strong documentation that refracting telescopes were used in England as early as the sixteenth century. The use of telescopes became widespread in the early seventeenth century in the Netherlands. Hans Lippershey and Zacharias Janssen of the Netherlands claim the invention of the original telescope. This original scope had both concave and convex lenses so that the image would not be inverted. After the Netherlands started producing them... Read Full Story

In this long-term project, researchers have made another optics discovery that could eventually open the doors to objects far beyond what we currently see. Read Full Story

  In 1680, Isaac Newton developed one of the first reflecting telescopes. There was a problem wit the images having a rainbow of color surrounding them. So instead of using a lens to focus light, Newton tried a small curved metal mirror in the back of the telescope. He also made a discovery in 1666 about the light of colors. Newton figured out that the scope's problems were due to the color spectrum much more than the shape of the mirrors. He also concluded that refraction of light... Read Full Story

  Mounts for telescopes are used for several different reasons. You don't have to hold the scope yourself while you are trying to focus on an object. It helps to steady the scope. It frees you hands up so you can make sketches of what you are viewing or adjust the scope for better focus. Read Full Story