Even a very small telescope can show you an object called 3C273, a quasar in Virgo that is 3 billion light-years distant. But most objects that are interesting to look at aren't that far away. What you really want with a telescope is light-gathering power to see fainter things, not farther things.
On May 26 and 27, 1986, Europe played at the Solnahallen arena near Stockholm, footage of which was compiled for a home video called The Final Countdown Tour 1986. During these shows, director Nick Morris filmed the band being filmed, which was used for the music video to this song.
On VH1's 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders, Joey Tempest said: It was quite a surprise that the song 'The Final Countdown' became such a big hit because it was written for the band, it was written for our concert, it was written to be the opening song in our concert.