All astronomical telescopes have upside down images. No up more down in space, and MORE glass is needed to erect the image which decreases the light.
If your scope is like the one in the picture it is an equatorial mount which must be polar aligned to work. Once the scope is roughly polar aligned the motor will keep the object in the eyepiece for a long period of time. It moves the RA axis in time with the movement of the stars across the sky.
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All astronomical telescopes have upside down images. No up more down in space, and MORE glass is needed to erect the image which decreases the light.
If your scope is like the one in the picture it is an equatorial mount which must be polar aligned to work. Once the scope is roughly polar aligned the motor will keep the object in the eyepiece for a long period of time. It moves the RA axis in time with the movement of the stars across the sky.
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