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The telescope described in the original question is like the first telescope
popularised by Galileo, with a diverging lens as the eyepiece. Now these are
mainly used in cheap plastic toy telescopes.
I designed an interactive exhibit with the specific aim of helping people
'see' how an astronomical telescope (with two converging lenses) works.
http://www.interactives.co.uk/hands_mannheim.htm
It's basically a simple camera obscura, where you use a separate 'magnifying
glass' to look at the image formed on a screen by a larger, weaker objective
lens out in front of it. Then you flip the screen out of the way and can
still see the magnified image through the 'magnifying glass'. Bingo! A
telescope.
Ray diagrams in books are one thing, but a carefully designed interactive
exhibit can itself BE the explanation.
Promoting public engagement with science
through a contagious delight in phenomena
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Give people facts and you feed their minds for an hour.
Awaken curiosity and they feed their own minds for a lifetime.
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Ian Russell (Twitter: ianrusselluk)
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