Eli5 Why can’t microscopes and telescopes be used interchangeably?
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The difference is how the light is focused. Both telescopes and microscopes make things look bigger, but a microscope focuses very close in, while a telescope focuses very far away. A microscope actually takes in a very small amount of light and stretches it out to make a bigger, dimmer picture. A telescope takes in lots of light and concentrates it very small, to make a brighter image.
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