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skop
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A telescope is something that makes objects that are far away look larger. People use telescopes to see things in space, such as stars and other planets.
Matt's sister got a telescope for her birthday. Now she can look at the moon and stars and other planets at night.
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Galileo used the Italian word
telescopio in 1611 for the instrument that he had built. The word came from an ancient Greek word that means "far-seeing." "Telescope" was first used in English about fifty years later.