Orion FunScope 76mm (3") f/3.9 (300mm) TableTop Reflector Telescope Kit with Moon Map, 1.52 arc sec Resolution, 1.25" Rack-and-Pinion Focuser

The Orion FunScope 76mm f/3.9 (300mm) TableTop Reflector Telescope is a great first telescope for kids and young adults who show an interest in space and astronomy. FunScope is a real reflecting telescope with a 76mm (3") diameter polished spherical mirror which allows you to capture 60% more light than a typical 60mm beginner's telescope. More light gathered means the FunScope will provide views of the cosmos that are brighter and clearer than views in smaller diameter telescopes.

Use the included MoonMap 260 to learn the names of craters and other Moon features you see with the FunScope. With locations and names of over 260 features on the Moon such as craters, mountains, valleys, "seas" and more, the Orion MoonMap 260 included with the FunScope Moon Kit is a great tool for beginning astronomers. Try a fun family activity of sketching craters and other Moon features you see in the FunScope eyepiece and then find them on the included MoonMap 260 to discover their official names. Or, you can keep the MoonMap 260 handy while you look through the FunScope to help identify lunar features as you observe them.

You'll get two eyepieces with the FunScope - a 20mm eyepiece which gives a 15x view and a 10mm eyepiece which gives a more powerful, 30x view. Using both the 20mm and 10mm included eyepieces gives you a variety of magnifications to stargaze with and you can purchase other 1.25" eyepieces to use with the FunScope as you grow in the hobby. Both eyepieces fit in the FunScope's rack-and-pinion focuser which has smooth focus control so you can get clear, sharp views of the Moon and other targets.

The FunScope also includes a very useful red-dot aiming tool called an Orion EZ Finder II Reflex Sight which makes it easy to aim the telescope at objects in the sky. After you align the EZ Finder II with the FunScope, just look through the EZ Finder's small viewing window and place the red-dot on the object or area of sky you want to see in the FunScope.