I am new to the group and new to astronomy. After spending some time researching and thinking about telescopes (and becoming totally overwhelmed with opinion &...
I viewed Comet Macholz through my 15 x 80's tonight with the moon coming up from my backyard in Michigan. Very bright !! I could not see a tail viewing within...
Perhaps a pair of Oberwerk 15x70 for the tripod ($150) and a pair of Orion Scenix 8x40 wide angles ($89) for hand held use. 80mm are about the largest you...
Further inquiry has led me to the fact that they are most likely 1950's, or late 40's as coatings were a postwar development so I hear. Which is good news as I...
Bob, Some good choices under $200 might be Oberwerk 15x70 Nikon Action Extreme 12x50 Pentax PCF WP 10x50 as soon as you get into the newer issues of 20x80 and...
Keith, thanks for the feedback. I have a Velbon Victory 480 tripod. I've looked at the Oberwerk 15X70 on a couple of web sites. Seems the 15X70 are the...
Ed, thanks for the info. Seems like the Oberwerk 15X70 are the most recommended. On one site that I visited, the 15X70 were $150 and the 20X80 were $200. Do...
Ed, Machholz is also naked eye (barely) for me just north of you in SW Missouri about 30 miles East of Springfield (MSRAL 2004). I just looked at it last night...
Hi, Bob If your tripod is what Velbon calls a CX-480 (from their site), I would stick with the 15x70s. The weight of the 20x80s would be too much for it,...
... of ... about ... 10x ... That is good advice! The only thing I would add it that for someone new to astronomy, the 8x40 size would be my recommendation...
I just posted the following to the sci.astro.amateur newsgroup in reply to a question on good beginner's books. Thought some here might find the book helpful...
Any thoughts about the large price difference between these two models? (about $150). I can see no differences, other than magnification, from photos and...
I would like to recommend a website I have been using for my observations (I haven't seen anyone mention it yet as a general purpose binocular site - but I...
I have a pair of Fuji IS 14x40 which are expensive. They are superb glasses in every respect, except that the high power and limited field make it very...
I was thumbing thru a new "Cabela's" Mid-Winter Sale Catalog that arrived in the mail a few days ago and was amused by some of the typo's that I found on the...
Barry, I hope you made them aware of their mistakes. Although, the general public probably won't notice the spec. typos, they will only look at the price. Remy...
Hi everyone new to the group today and I have a pair of Fujinon 10x70 and looking for a tripod/mount so I use them more. They are much to heavy to hold for any...
I use a camera tripod, but I'm thinking of building one of the "parallagram" bino mounts. I also frequently brace the binoculars against the top of my pickup....
... wrote:I have done that also and stand next to the side of the house! I was looking in a Orion catalog they have a nice binocular mount might get that one....
... That's a good one, but you should also consider the mounts by Universal Astronomics: http://www.universalastronomics.com There are some reviews of both at...
Well, Ive been experimenting quite a bit recently with hand-holding my 10x70 Fujis (4.7 pounds). Concluded that 10x is really not an optimal hand-holding...
Richard Dobin-Smith's site is an exellent place to start for binocular observing. Once you start finding some deep sky objects, check out the following link...
I placed an auction for new Oberwerk 8x56 binos at Astromart this morning. Anyone looking for a pair can bid on the auction or buy a new pair outright for...
Hi Ed and John, Last night I had nice still, clear air (if cold at -22 Celius) and I had a look at Machholz with my 7x50s. I thought I could see one tail to...
Well, my skies have been mostly cloudy for the past week, again, so I'm relegated to reading about other people's observations and reading about equipment. Has...
... Hi Wayne, Damn that's cold!! I'm not sure if i admire your stamina or if i think you're just plain crazy for being out in that cold. ;-) I am puzzled...
... I've used the Stellarvue red dot finder on small refractors. I've never felt the need to use a finder on binoculars although i've never used anything...
I got the SV RDF for Christmas and will be mounting it on my SV B85 Binos. I was using a Daisy Max BB gun RDF, but it became intermittant and hard to find the...
... I personally think a red dot finder (or other non-magnifying finder) is very useful with mounted binoculars. They are well worth the money to me. I like...
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