le 3 mai ici au quebec il va y avoir une belle occultation d 'étoile the 3 of may for quebec city and occultaion occur àbeautifull to wahtch whit bino...
I've been trying to find it, but I haven't had much luck. I think I'm going to have to haul out something bigger than my 10x70 Fujis. I guess it's dimmer than...
I have a friend who can barely make it out with averted vision with his 14" SCT. I think to really see it you will need a 16" scope or larger. Buddy ... From:...
I just got an Orion 20x80 explorer and am waiting for for my Paragon-Plus™ Binocular Mount. I would like to mount a green laser so that others could see...
Hi, Ethan- I don’t know what kind of tools/assets you have- or how much you want to do by hand as far as making something… truth is, you may have to make...
You might just be able to lay the laser across the center hinge when you need it. I've never found the need for a finder when using binoculars. I do have a...
Ethan, You can get the same affect as this just using a red dot.. but if you want to use a laser pointer this is how to do it and what parts you need. . My...
Some time ago i compared my Orion Ultraview 10x50 (170 euro's) with a Bresser (Meade) 10x50 (23 euro's), which only had single layer coatings. Both binos have...
Hello, I'm going to Tanzania this summer and will be doing some birding and astronomy. It is difficult for me to grasp the prospect not being able to see...
I have observed in the Andes of Ecuador several times at over 10,000 feet, as well as fron New Zealand at lower altitudes. The seeing is incredible, with or...
Kirk, Sounds like a great trip. It sounds like you are planning on bringing one or more pairs of binoculars you already have--didn't mention any in particular,...
Keep in my mind that your body needs oxygen to see well in the dark. At too high an altitude, the loss of oxygen overrides your gains from seeing through less...
My binos are 8x42 Wind River by Leupold. They are supposedly waterproof, but if they were ever purged, one barrel is no longer (due to an unfortunate incident...
Kirk, thanks for the info on the binos you are thinking of taking. My view is that the 8x42s should be good for both birding & night-sky use--both the...
Kirk, one other thing about using a monopod or tripod: I'm pretty sure that the binos you have such as the Leupold 8x42 do NOT have the built-in tripod...
A couple other ideas: The "furniture screw" I use on the home-made monopod is threaded on the exposed end to accept a camera. Some people use a medication...
I just purchased a "trekking poles" with a 1/4-20 screw exposed after removing top from REI (Seattle WA) via the internet. http://www.rei.com last week....
Kirk: I agree with others advice about replacement binoculars; you don't want to compromise a once-in-a-lifetime trip with damaged equipment. For at least 15...
Hello all, Thanks for all the advice, so far! I'm glad to hear that there are astronomers reporting good observing with small aperture optics! Thanks also for...
Yesterday, Saturn was occulted by the moon here in The Netherlands. I watched the reappearance of the planet with my 15x70 binos. The make is TS from the...
That's pretty amazing. You'd think that the dazzle and tube reflections from the moonlight would wipe out the image. The only binocular through which I've...
Hi Pete, Actually, at the moment of reappearance (22.23 local time) it was still twilight. I live at 52N! So the sky was still pretty bright and the moon...
It was Galileo who determined that one really needs 30 magnification to see details on Jupiter and Saturn. My 15x70 Oberwerks will produce an oblong blob on...
Dear Group, I have a nice pair of Garrett Optical Gemini 15x70's, center focus. I like the binocs (good quality, clear, sharp image) but find the center-focus...
... That size is also my max comfort zone. I had the Fuji 16x70's with IF and had no complaints about them at all, but also had no other observers using them...
Hi Jay, It seems you already understand the issues of CF vs. IF. Four degrees FOV is pretty typical of 70mm binos. Your extra 10% translates into 20% more area...
I have a very great astigmatism at cylender of 750 and about 20 degre each side it loook like difficult only to see somthing whitout my glass ok but when i...
For those of you who have been calling me, thank you for your patience. I've gone through a couple of modifications on the prototype and we're now in...
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