Eyepiece for a Galileo Telescope - Optics

Contact Galileo scopes directly:
http://www.galileosplace.com

The manual will not tell you how to use the telescope, how to focus it properly, which eyepiece to use, or how to find those tiny objects in tthe night sky. It is only assembly instructions. Locate a local Astronomy club and attend their meetings and star parties.

Read my TIPS on my profile page.

Put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the telescope. DO NOT use the 2x barlow if you have one. Go outside during the day time and practice focusing on a distant object.

If your scope is like the picture in your question, the focuser and eyepiece are on the UP end of the telescope. The mirror is the BOTTOM of the telescope, just like in the picture above.

Read my TIPS on my profile page.

Put the small diagonal into the back of the telescope; then put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the diagonal. Practice focusing on a distant object during the day time.

Read my TIPS on my profile page. Call Galileo scopes for a manual here:
http://www.galileosplace.com/

This is a reflector style telescope with a MIRROR in the bottom of the scope tube, and a smaller tilted secondary mirror near the front of the scope tube.. Put the eyepiece with the largest number written on it into the focuser. During the day time take it outside and practice focusing on a distant object. DO NOT USE the 2x barlow if you have one.

The moon should be your first target at night. The eyepiece with the LARGEST number written on it gives the LOWEST magnification.

Be sure the lens CAP is not still on the front of the telescope. The FOCUSER end is the FRONT of the telescope. It should look like this:

http://www.angelfire.com/80s/sixmhz/telescope.html

Eyepieces come in 3 sizes .965, 1.25, and 2 inch. The most common is 1.25 inch. Measure the hold.

You can buy eyepieces from many online retailers. Here are two.

http://www.agenaastro.com/

https://www.highpointscientific.com/store/dynamicIndex.asp

there are 3 types of telescopes:
1)refractor, uses lenses
2)reflector, uses mirrors
3)catadioptric, uses both

try this and practice doing this during the day time, it's easier.

get your eyepiece, the one with the highest number on it (# mm); this is your lowest power eyepiece, always use this first (wider view and easier to see where you're pointing it), and place it in your telescope.

next, use the focusing knob to focus on a target (a faraway tree, lamp post, etc.). once you have it focused, and if you want to get a closer look, get the next highest number eyepiece and refocus on the target. this is how you change magnification.
if you have a barlow lens (2x or 3x) this will also change the magnification by 2x or 3x without having to buy other eyepieces, although you can still buy more.
put it together in this order:
eyepiece-->barlow lens-->telescope

use the star diagnal for land viewing.

if you have a reflector telescope,
the open part of the telescope tube next to the focuser points to your target. focus it the same as above.

oh, and sometimes, with refractors, you might have to use the
45 degree or 90 degree diagnal to focus the telescope.

and google how to use a telescope. there's nice observing tips :D

hope this helps :D

oh, and check out the moon at night. it's a very nice target.
best time to observe the moon is when it's not full.
you gotta check out the 'terminator' (area on the moon where the light and darkness is separated.

First use the eyepiece with the LARGEST number written on it. This is your lowest magnification.

Then center the object in the telescope eyepiece, and without moving the telescope CENTER the crosshairs or the red finder dot on the target.

I am assuming that you mean that the image at your eyepiece is inverted (upside down). All telescopes show an inverted image. You can add an erecting prism before the eyepiece if you wish to use the scope terrestrially (for looking at things on earth).

During the daytime put the LOWEST magnification eyepiece in the telescope-- that's the one with the LARGEST number written on it--

Practice focusing on an object at least 100 yards away.

These are good scopes for the bucks.
What size eyepiece in mm do you have. What are you aiming the scope at? Try your largest eyepiece in mm at the moon.