I can pretend I'm Galileo!

[nonionay]

I got my galileoscope in the mail today. Assembling it myself was satisfying, and holding the crystal clear lenses was an unexpected thrill.

Now I just need a tripod and a dark, clear night. I spent a couple minutes balancing the danged thing on my shoulder, trying to project an out of focus image of the sun onto a piece of paper to show Chelsea that it could be done.

I don't suppose anyone has a tripod they want to get rid of?

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[rojonoir.livejournal.com]

Ohboy, I'm jealous. I just happened upon your post while obsessively googling for galileoscope in hopes that somehow that will make mine arrive sooner. :)
I'm looking forward to looking at Jupiter with mine first - I tried last night with some cheapo 9x binoculars, leaning against a stop sign to stabilize things, but it was dancing all over the place. :)