🔭 Craft your cosmos—build, focus, and discover the stars!
The Build Your Own Working Telescope is a 32-piece cardboard craft kit featuring a 16x magnification glass optic lens, manual focus, and altazimuth mount. Designed for ages 8+, it offers a sustainable, glue-free assembly experience that combines STEM education with family fun. Recognized with a 2020 Independent Toy Award, this eco-friendly telescope encourages exploration of the night sky and daytime surroundings with precision and style.
| Package Dimensions L x W x H | 29.2 x 22 x 4.4 centimetres |
| Package Weight | 0.54 Kilograms |
| Product Dimensions L x W x H | 22.2 x 4.5 x 29.2 centimetres |
| Item Weight | 530 Grams |
| Brand | Build Your Own |
| Objective Lens Diameter | 53.5 Millimetres |
| Part number | BYO 001 |
| Size | Small |
| Telescope Mount Description | Altazimuth Mount |
| Focus type | Manual Focus |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
A**R
Lots of fun
This was a great project, and it really does work (although don't expect razor-sharp images). The instructions are very clear and although some parts are a little fiddly to fit together, it's not too difficult to put together. And in case you're wondering, it took just under 90mins to complete.
R**A
A nice novelty activity
My 11yr old loved this but found he needed a lot of help with making it, mainly due to lots of small pieces and worrying about breaking the card. The instructions come with an option to use a QR code to show videos of construction which was fab. As yet we've not found it to be very clear but it's also been quite cloudy so difficult I suppose to tell. Definitely a lovely craft for a bit of family time however after purchasing I found it much cheaper elsewhere.
M**A
It's a waste of money
A totally waist of time and money.Very difficult to build even for an adult. Thin cardboard so need to be handled with extra care.And the most important. There's no way to calibrate it to see anything. And se tried hard.
T**R
Fun to put together. Don’t know if it works.
Easy to assemble until mirror fell out. Instructions say if mirror falls out put tape on the back to hold in. Mirror has to go in the correct side up to work. Once it’s fallen out you have a 50/50 chance of putting it in correctly. I was unlucky and taped it in incorrectly. Took it out to reverse it and took tape off back and this too the mirror coating off with it.Rendered useless.Good luck.
L**E
Diasaponted by how it was shipped
A good product and much fun to build with my nephew. Unfortunately it was meant to b a birthday surprise but given it’s shipped with a massive picture of what it is on the box it ruined it.
A**R
Brilliant idea!
Bought this for my sons 10th birthday as a last minute extra and I am so pleased that I did. Its brilliant! Easy to assemble with clear instructions and the telescope works so well we could see very clearly. I will definitely be buying this for a few of his friends birthday gifts!
A**N
briliantly designed proudct
my 15 year old son spent a few mins putting the telescope together, following the very clear instructions . We are very impressed how well it works and have used it to look at the moon and study the wildlife including finding birds singing in the trees!!! Best lock down purchase so far !!!
B**N
Impossible to make
This is awful, impossible to build the cardboard just comes apart when you try to connect the pieces together, absolutely useless
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