I'm happy with the idea of telescopes in general, and for the idea of getting science points, instead of getting it by passing time, I think it could be better to have like "interstellar biomes", I mean, certain orientations where you have to point your telescope and look through it (like an experiment) and get an observation of a certain biome (like a quasar, or magellan clouds or god's fingers, kerbal style) and get some science points for getting it, like any other experiment. Cool thing could be that attached to this experiments, and for each biome, it would grant you a picture of said object.