Telescope
Object information
Usage	Stargazing
Owners	Most Hogwarts students

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A telescope is a device used for seeing faraway objects.^[1] Those used in the wizarding world are presumably magical to some extent, as they can be used to see objects that would be impossible to see with a Muggle telescope. They are essential in Astronomy, and thus all Hogwarts students up to their fifth year (and their sixth and seventh should they choose Astronomy as an elective) are required to own one.^[2] Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment sells brass telescopes for five Galleons.^[3]

Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes sells a joke version of this product: the boxing telescope.^[4]

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
• Pottermore
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
• Harry Potter LEGO Sets

Notes and references

Astronomy
Professors: Aurora Sinistra
Astronomy at Hogwarts: Astronomy department · Astronomy Tower · Astronomy Room · Astronomy stairwell · Astronomy Corridor · Astronomy reading room · Astronomy classroom
Astronomers: Aurora Sinistra · Copernicus · George von Rheticus · Perpetua Fancourt
Objects: Globe of the Moon · Lunascope · Moon chart · Orrery · Star chart · Telescope
Planets: Jupiter · Mars · Mercury · Neptune · Pluto · Saturn · Uranus · Venus
Satellites: Callisto · Europa · Ganymede · Io · Moon
Constellations: Bartholomeus · Orion