Upside down images (by 10 users)

ok, i feel like an idiot! i thought my telescope was broken!

well this is a common complaint amoung ameteur astronomers who have just gone out and bought themselves a reflecting telescope ie the type that uses mirrors. the thing is when the light is gathered it comes in at different angles and goes through a sort of "overtaking" process when it hits the primary mirror then is bounced onto the secondary mirror (this should be aligned at 45 degrees) and then in to the eyepiece. so getting to the point you are not alone and this is what happens in all reflecting scopes and you can correct this with about $10000 US i think this method involves using complicated camera optics but there may be simple eyepieces and filters that you could buy to solve the problem. i don't know how to correct the problem but i know what it is and how to explain it.

kind regards

andrew tucker
astronomy student from
trinity college east perth
perth
western australia
australia

In your telescope kit (I have one as well)there should be 2 long tubes that fits in the eyepiece socket on the telescope. One of these is the erector lense that will flip the images for you.
Eben