What does 🔭 Telescope mean?
A telescope on a tripod. It stands for astronomy, stargazing, space and looking far ahead. People use it for meteor showers, eclipses and astronomy hobbies, and figuratively for planning the future or seeking new horizons. It can also mean searching for something distant. Its counterpart, 🔬, looks at tiny things up close.
🔭 Telescope is an emoji from the Objects category (science), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about contact, extraterrestrial, science and tool.
Example messages
🔭 Telescope on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Telescope looks on each platform.
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Telescope emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Telescope emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🔭 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :telescope:.
When was the Telescope emoji added?
🔭 Telescope was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🔭 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Telescope. The underlying code (U+1F52D) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.