Assembling and using a Galileoscope - Adler Planetarium

[exitido]

un hombre con barba blanca y traje siempre tiene razon

[freddyhdtv]

i just learned my family owns the planetarium

[m6lm6l]

My only problem: the image is upside down... are my lenses put up correctly?

[KendraRand]

yes!

[m6lm6l]

thank you. I guess I'll just have to ask my brain not to reverse the image coming from my eyes ;)

[thematrix310]

mine too. on their website they said it was ok

[rolftony]

I just ordered mine a couple of days ago. Can't wait to see planets!

[brazjol]

that's normal with a refractor

[m6lm6l]

I love this thing, and it vas very cheap! GREAT :D

I just saw Jupiter... somehere about 60 degrees to the right of the moon at about 2 am.. It looks like there are 4 circles with balls on it, it's actually the 4 moons Galileo was able to see himself :D

[kristinlovedanny]

i got mine about a week ago and it has two eypieces.and also i have a problem when i look through my telescope its really blurry and i can only see the moon but the moon just looks like a white blurry disk can anyone help?

[m6lm6l]

Yes: You have to use the telescopic part of it to adjust the clarity of the telescope, it works as the "focus". Since it reproduces what galileo had, there is no way you'll find an auto-focus on it ;)

You can also see Jupiter with 4 little stellites (with the X50 lens - I was so happy)

[Zax63]

On the galileoscope web site there is a pdf with instructions much better than the printed ones that come with the telescope. I had trouble getting the eyepieces correct and this video doesn't really address that.

[Wrightlady]

I am going to have to order another one. Our small lenses got thrown away by mistake I believe. We never found them. I wish I could just order the lenses.

[Wrightlady]

We have our Galileoscope but the small lenses are missing. Does anyone know if we can order pieces? I don't believe we received those small lenses that go in the end. I have 3 young sons excited to try this out.

[TOTAhruman]

Theyre packed in the same foam sandwich as the objective lens. Hold up the bits to the light and youll see one has six voids in thats where the lenses are.

[spiru]

They are packed together with the big lenses in the white foam. Make sure you check the package, they are easy to miss. I too thought they were missing, they are very small.

[kristinlovedanny]

i put my foam into the box to throw out and when we looked for the eyepieces we realized they were in the foam

[m6lm6l]

Did you look in that little paper container. it's very small. When you get the big lens out, ther is a part of the wrapper that contains the other small lenses...

[Johngtr13]

Dissapointment: Diagonal will not work. Not enough "in focus".

Beginners: Image will be upside down.

[Johngtr13]

Important: The two telescope halves may not fit together all the way unless you rotate the tripod mounting screw a certain direction.

[Johngtr13]

I received my Galileoscope yesterday (7-22-09). The optics are very high quality. They did it right. Worth buying for sure.

[avrahamsc]

Does anyone know about taxes to be paid when receiving the kits? aren´t they duty free? please advise. Thanks

[hallcp2]

Received mine yesterday. The model they're shipping includes 2 eyepieces, a barlow, and a second set of o-rings. The included instructiona are not very explicit on these additional items. You'll have to try the lenses in the smaller eyepiece by trial and error to see which way they should be installed. The extra o-rings (larger) can be placed on the outside of the telescope (you'll see little grooves on the outside of the body).

It can now be converted to 3 different magnifications. Nice.

[Zo3ff]

Very nice video! Very detailed. Already ordered mine (with a second one intended for donation). :-)

[blikbladae2]

in for 3x, build one for my brother and mother. Good job you astronauts, thought all you guys did was sit on your cans and look aghast but unmoving at poverty and corruption. Maybe you DO have something to prove?

[moebear]

Just ordered and donated one. Can't wait to get it!

[themadlolscientist]

This 55-year-old kid is excited too. Got one on order, can't wait to get my hands on it!

[AtlantisMassif]

Great video! Thanks!

I know the Galileoscope is designed to get kids around the world interested in astronomy but its also got this 40 year old kid pretty excited...I just love this project and I can't wait to see what I can observe through this wonderful little refractor.

[cherrysunflower]

Thank you for your contributions. I hope your project sends many telescopes around the world.