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Maybe a stupid question but please help
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I have brought a Paralux astro telescope but everything I view is upside down ! even the spotter scope image is upside down. Am I doing something really stupid or is this how it should be?. Thanks |
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Maybe a stupid question but please help
On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 19:14:17 +0100, "yar"
wrote: Hi I have brought a Paralux astro telescope but everything I view is upside down ! even the spotter scope image is upside down. Am I doing something really stupid or is this how it should be?. I assume it's a refractor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractor If it is, then, yeah, most astronomical telescopes present the image upside down. unless you have a way of correcting it with something like an "erecting prism" It's the optics. http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/van/qa/secti...1230235049.htm hope this helps -- Find out about Australia's most dangerous Doomsday Cult: http://users.bigpond.net.au/wanglese/pebble.htm "You can't fool me, it's turtles all the way down." "Maths proves you know how to plug in some figures into a formula, that's all" "Even physics is based on wrong theories, so what's the use of maths" Carole - demonstrating her mathematical abilities. |
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