The Delta Education 201-2526 Portable Telescope Kit is an educational kit that fits into a backpack for grades K-8 to learn about astronomy and includes a Celestron C70 Mini Mak spotting scope with 70mm aperture, 750mm focal length, and 75X magnification, a tripod, a soft carrying case for the telescope and tripod, a backpack, Peterson First Guide to Astronomy, Nightgazer notebooks, a compass, a flashlight, and The Sky CD-ROM. The Celestron scope features a Maksutov-Cassegrain optical design with multi-coated optics. The 45-degree eyepiece zooms up to 75X. An adapter allows usage of any 1.25" eyepiece. The optical tube length is 11 inches (279 mm). The scope weighs 2lb. (0.91 kg) and has a no-fault lifetime warranty. The tripod has built-in slow motion and latitude controls.

The Peterson First Guide to Astronomy (ISBN-13: 978-0395935422) was published in 1993, is 128 pages long, and measures 7.3 x 3.8 x 0.3 inches (H x W x D). (H is height, the vertical distance from the lowest to highest point; W is width, the horizontal distance from left to right; D is depth, the horizontal distance from front to back.) The Delta Education 100-1282 Nightgazer Notebook is an 11 x 8 1/2 inch (H x W) notebook with 32 pages for students to record astronomy observations. The notebook cover contains a large rectangular white space for students to decorate. The left-hand pages of the notebook are lined for writing and the right-hand pages are blank with space for students to draw. The Sky CD-ROM is a computerized sky map with an object database, color images, horizontal projection, custom sky chart printing, and zoom capability.

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What’s in the Box?

• Celestron portable spotting scope
• Scope tripod
• Scope carrying case
• Backpack
• Peterson First Guide to Astronomy
• Nightgazer Notebook (10)
• Compass
• Flashlight
• The Sky CD-ROM