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Re:Scoping out the Galileoscope: $15 telescope designed by p... by anigbrowl on Thursday July 30, 2009 @02:59PM (#732830)
Well, it's not - that's why they include an achromatic lens element to reduce color fringing as well as an (optional) rectifying eyepiece. Microscope eyepiece cams aren't too pricey on eBay and might deliver better results than a consumer cam.

I can see a lot of cool little science fair projects with something like this, not all for astronomy either, eg mount 2 of them in parallel and build a stereoscopic analysis tool.

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Re:Scoping out the Galileoscope: $15 telescope designed by p... by obvioustroll on Friday July 31, 2009 @12:12AM (#733730)
"Duplicate" was a poor choice of words, I'm trying to say that the point of the scope is to give kids the same experience that Galileo had.

I mean, yes, they opted for a modern achromatic lens - they also chose plastic instead of wood - but that doesn't change the basic point of the scope.

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