The Tasco 48T Telescope for the Teaching Task

The Tasco 48t Telescope is for high-resolution astrophotography - the study and photographing of the celestial stars.

It is often sold in children's stores as an educational toy because it is very basic, easy to assemble, smaller than the adult sized professional telescope models and easy for a child to understand and use. Also good for beginners is the Tasco Galaxsee 375x4.5 reflector eq, comes with a star pointer.

The Tasco 48t is an older manual model and not that easy to find nowadays unless you luck out and find a used one on one of the many online e-commerce or auction sites.

If your child is asking for a telescope, if she or he is eager to study the stars, but you know little or nothing about astronomy or telescopes, the Tasco 48t sky telescope is probably the best buy for your child.

First, however, you need to know something in general about telescopes. Let's take a look at a couple of terms you should know when shopping for and using your Tasco 48t night telescope, or any telescope for that matter.

Your Tasco 48t educational telescope has what's known as an Alt-azimuth Mount. This is a sturdy platform for the telescope, which you can adjust either from side to side or up or down, so that you can aim the Tasco 48t at the part of the sky you and your child want to observe. The mount allows you to hold your telescope in place once you find just the right astronomical spot to view.

You can purchase a Barlow Lens for your child's Tasco 48t as well. You'll put this lens over the telescope's eyepiece and she or he will be able to search the night sky that much better. You can buy Barlow lenses for your Tasco 48t children's telescope in a wide range of magnifications starting at 2x (which simply means twice as large).