An ophthalmoscope for observing an eye comprises a converging first lens system for generating a real intermediate image of a region in the eye in an intermediate image plane as well as an observation apparatus having an imaging optics for imaging the real intermediate image in an imaging plane in the observation apparatus and for imaging an aperture of the observation apparatus in a pupil of the eye. Between the first lens system and the imaging optics of the observation apparatus, a diverging second lens system is provided for enlarging a working distance between the first lens system and the pupil and for enlarging a field angle.