Galileo FS-80 800 x 80mm Yoke Mount Reflector Telescope
The Galileo FS-80 is mounted on an altitude azimuth yoke mount. It's easy use up and down, left and right movement is great for beginners and casual star gazers alike. The Mount features a slow motion altitude adjustment rod for precision adjustments and is attached to a very sturdy, fully adjustable, pre-assembled metal tripod with retractable rubber feet. The tripod also features an accessory tray with slots to place eyepieces or lenses. The telescope tube features heavy duty metal primary and secondary mirror cells.The Galileo FS-80 optical tube assembly features an 800mm focal length. The Primary mirror is a 80mm heavy duty mirror cell with push / pull collimation screws. The primary mirror is aluminized with Silicon Monoxide Quartz overcoat providing 92% reflectivity and a resolving power of 1.4 arc seconds. The secondary mirror has an obstruction of approximately 25% linear (approximately 6% of the total area). The optical tube assembly is diffraction limited at ?4 (0.25 wave in Sodium light). The finderscope is Galileo's Mars Eye electronic Finderscope which helps by getting the observer behind the telescope without losing the surrounding field of view when targeting objects.
Galileo FS-80 800 x 80mm Yoke Mount Reflector Telescope Accessories
 Celestron Sky Maps
A Child's Introduction to the Night Sky: The Story of the Stars, Planets, and Constellations--and How You Can Find Them in the Sky
Kids Book of the Night Sky, The (Family Fun)
Star Maps for Beginners: 50th Anniversary Edition
Turn Left at Orion: A Hundred Night Sky Objects to See in a Small Telescope--and How to Find Them
Sky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas
NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe
Exploring the Night Sky: The Equinox Astronomy Guide for Beginners
My First Lab Duo-Scope Microscope
Air Hogs Havoc Heli - Colors May Vary
Galileo FS-80 800 x 80mm Yoke Mount Reflector Telescope Reviews
You can see the moon very well but not the start I found that this is a good piece of equipment to have for your children to view the moon
It was easier for me to spot Jupiters moons with the 20mm eyepiece the 6mm eyepiece. For me the 20mm eyepiece is more rewarding. I cannot imagine trying to use the 6mm eyepiece on a windy night, or with any type of Barlow lens. The good: It is a nice big telescope for the price.
Stellarium is free, just Google it. After I watched the video for this telescope, I decided I could afford to spend a few extra dollars on it. I have been able to see the moons of Jupiter, and can just barely make out a couple of bands, but don't expect to see the big red spot with this. The 20mm eyepiece takes about 2-3 seconds to get steady enough to look at.
It is lacking any decent horizontal adjustment. It certainly does require a certain amount of patience. The mount is not very good at all. I have seen shadows filling lunar craters with my binoculars before, but the view from this telescope took my breath away. It may be useful if you want to use it on an older computer, but if you have a newer system I would strongly recommend Stellarium.
The lower magnification brings in more light. When using the 6mm eyepiece you need to wait about 5-6 seconds after touching the telescope for it to quit bouncing around. Saturn has not been out yet, but I am looking forward to pointing this telescope at it. Without my glasses I cannot see much, especially in the dark. Overall I do not regret this purchase at all.
The accessory tray is nice for changing eyepieces. I can get the eyepieces back and forth to the focuser with this tray very easily. The views were stunning when I looked at the edge of the moon where the sun was setting. But dollar for dollar I feel this is a very rewarding telescope. There is a fine adjustment for the vertical plane that works marginally well. The only tricky part was calibrating the Mars Eye finder.
There was a slight dent on the side of the scope. The scope that I got was white, if it had been gray I may not have noticed it. I also really like the Mars Eye finder. I've never really used a telescope before, I quickly realized that the hardest thing about shopping for a telescope is figuring out what your budget is. A better battery cover for it would be nice. This telescope was pretty easy for me to set up.
It was very small, right where the mount attaches to the telescope. The not so good: The packaging was not very good. Most reviews of telescopes in this price range seem to say the same thing. I could hear parts shaking around in the box when I brought it inside. If this had cost $30 more, I would only give it 3 stars. I was thinking of spending about $50 on a telescope, after a few minutes I found myself looking at a $300 goto telescope.
It took me about half an hour to calibrate it, but once calibrated it works very well. The software included is about 10 years old, and it shows. At this price range it is easy to get nit-picky about certain details that higher priced telescopes may overcome. If you try to adjust the focus, you need to start over.
Awesome scope, bad mount. This is true. When buying it, i read the other reviews on this scope and saw the one about the bad mount. Other then that the viewing looks great. I bought this telescope for myself because i always loved space. The moon looks amazing and it alows you to even see the moons of jupiter. Once you get the scope lined up with the object you are viewing, if you so much as touch the scope the image wobbles like crazy. Needs a different mount.
I hope to see mars soon. Amazing for the price. It was so nice to focus my new Galileo telescope to this star that turned to be Saturn with his rings at the end, and over a week later at early morning I could watch Jupiter with three of his moons.
Great purchase. We have the DVD that gives SO much info. Sure, if you have children, as we do, you have to help with set up and offer instruction, but after that it's time to reach for the stars. We own this telescope as well as a pair of the Galileo binoculars and couldn't be happier with the quality and value.
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