Upside down and back to front!

[matteboy]

I'm trying to figure out if the image in my scope is upside down or back to front, or both, with no erecting thingy just a star diagonal and the EP. The reason it's doing my head in is I was trying to line up my RDF and through the scope in daylight the birdbath I was looking at was upside down, however, looking at jupiter the other night I'm certain the band I could see was in the top half and the moons were back to front (compared to Stellarium). The band I thought, at the moment, was only in the north half in which case it's not upside down, see why it's doing my head in!!!

See Signture for scope details!

Ta in advance

[Mark at Beaufort]

Matt. With a refractor and a star diagonal your image is back to front but not upside down.

Some amateurs when they start out buy an Amici diagonal like this Diagonals - Celestron 1.25" 90 degree Erecting Prism

I still use after many years a right angle correct image finderscope which makes star hopping and cross referencing a star atlas much easier.

Mark

PS I should have said that without a diagonal of any sort the view through a refractor will be upside down.

[matteboy]

Thanks Mark, one of them'll next on the list then! Thinking (Well, more hoping really) about getting an Skyliner 8" Dob, baby version of yours, am I right that the image in that will be upside down & back to front?

[matteboy]

BTW that's a lot of 'ticks' you got there! I've got 3/110 Messier's, one double star and Jupiter so I'm catching up:D:D:D

[gedmac]

your correct matte the skywatcher image will be both upside down and back to front:p

agood raci finderscope such as the orion 9x50 raci will give you the image the correct way round/up in your finder

[matteboy]

Just gotta beg Santa for a scope like yours!