Kids telescope tips
Discussion
Our children have this telescope and so far it's been nothing but disappointing:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Astronomical-Telescope-Mo...
When we can set it up and focus on something, there is a main bright image plus at least two more faded images above and below it, and possibly another two images above and below those etc. What is causing these?
There are two eye pieces - one longer one with a wider aperture for looking through, and a shorter one with a narrower aperture. What are they each for? We can look at the moon with the wider one and it takes up maybe half of the field of vision, but while the other one lets light through it's pretty much unusable for looking at anything, it looks more like looking at dead bacteria under a microscope. Could it be dirty/faulty, or are we just not using it to look at the right stuff, too close/too far?
I don't want to boast about the length of my eyelashes, but I can't get a clear line of sight through the f
king thing for more than a second or so; physically move my eye and it goes over the edge of the aperture, and my eyelashes seem to get in the way the whole time. Again, is it me using it wrong or is it just st?
There's a little green filter eye-piece, what is that used for?
Was hoping to help the kids track the ISS with it but I daresay it would end up damaged and I would be arrested for breach of the peace. Please help.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Astronomical-Telescope-Mo...
When we can set it up and focus on something, there is a main bright image plus at least two more faded images above and below it, and possibly another two images above and below those etc. What is causing these?
There are two eye pieces - one longer one with a wider aperture for looking through, and a shorter one with a narrower aperture. What are they each for? We can look at the moon with the wider one and it takes up maybe half of the field of vision, but while the other one lets light through it's pretty much unusable for looking at anything, it looks more like looking at dead bacteria under a microscope. Could it be dirty/faulty, or are we just not using it to look at the right stuff, too close/too far?
I don't want to boast about the length of my eyelashes, but I can't get a clear line of sight through the f
king thing for more than a second or so; physically move my eye and it goes over the edge of the aperture, and my eyelashes seem to get in the way the whole time. Again, is it me using it wrong or is it just st?There's a little green filter eye-piece, what is that used for?
Was hoping to help the kids track the ISS with it but I daresay it would end up damaged and I would be arrested for breach of the peace. Please help.
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