Explore the wonders of... um, what?

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Well, it does say "Classic" telescope and astronomy as a science does have roots in astrology...

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Perhaps those astrology roots are why astronomy is called astronomy. Biology, geography, meteorology, archaeology, etc. Astronomy is the only odd one out - not ending in ology.
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It's from the "University of Oxford", so they must know what they're talking about ;-)
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Ah, yes... appears possibly to be an ignorant snotty British Class System on display?

Age=5=toy?
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