While plenty of bino astronomers use red dot or other types of finders such as the Rigel with their binoculars, they are often rather jury-rigged using tape,...
Larry from Universal. If interested, we carry red dot finders with a modified red dot base that straps to the binos with a velcro cinch strap. This allows...
... It is very impressive when a meteor flashes in the FOV, but catching them would be hard unless you have a meteor shower or a lot of patience. Size of...
... Raymund, A member of my astro club (www.nsaac.org), Lew Gramer, runs an internet forum for meteor observing: http://www.meteorobs.org/ I'm not sure how up...
... I find that meteor observing is more enjoyable using your naked eyes. With binouclars the meteors pass through the field very quickly plus you miss most of...
Thanks for your insight regarding the use of binoculars in meteor astronomy, John. I want to study those meteors that are faint and produce a short streak in...
In all my 35+years as an amateur astronomer, I have never used binoculars
for viewing meteor showers. Naked eye is the way to go as you get a more aesthetic...
... times can ... object. ... I'm in full agreement here. The link I provided was only in answer to a question. There are some people who do observe meteors ...
May I add hot coffee, maybe headphones on your favorite station and a lounge chair that tilts back. I know others have seen more, but i quit counting after...
Raymond, I've been in to binocular meteor observing big time about 10-15 years ago. I used a pair of 10x50s which worked fine. Larger binoculars work equally...
Well, John, that's not necessarily true. With the naked eye you're also missing enormous amounts of meteors which are just too faint without optical aid. As a...
have you guys considered what magnification and light-gathering ability can do to the aesthetics of these 'fireworks'? The sight of a moderately bright meteor...
George, that must have been the Leonid display. I counted 1500 in about three hours! In any regular year you can see about 1000 in one (long) night during the...
Mark: probably right, I got up about 2:30 a.m. and stayed up till before dawn. I'm ducking in and out now, watching Piston/Celtics and trying out my BT 100s...
George, even better, I had my wife to keep track of the time. I counted in 15-minute intervals so that afterwards I could make a rough rate curve. Highest...
I got a Heartland America catalog in the mail today and was surprised to fins a pair of Barska 25x100 listed for $199. They are described as fully multicoated,...
Edz or anyone who can answer this question. I've check the archive here and haven't found anything that would help me. The 8 X 60's are gone. Those were the...
With the use of my binoviewer, the light of one objective is split to go to both eyes so that each eye gets half. Glare is reduced and the moon takes on a...
... Apogee Inc's Astro-Vue Binoculars http://www.apogeeinc.com/ (and scroll about halfway down) 10x60 and 12x60 for $89.95, and both have nebula filters...
Hey Frank, all them craters, more like Swiss? I also use Binos all the time, Had my 25x100 binoculars at a Sat. star-party out here near Florence, but was...
Quite amazing to see Apogee's "anonymous" marketing campaign for their binoviewers in the last three e-mails. How transparently cheesy, and just plainly, lies....
Hope you're not referring to my response, as from the Sept. '02 Sky & Telescope article about the TelVue Binos and the 16mm Naglers, I knew thats what I...
Can anyone suggest the best binos for star gazeing? I just purchased a pentax 20x60. There just ok, but I would like to see more deep sky objects. thanks, ch....
I think there are problems with using binoculars above 15x. Even mounted on a stable tripod/alt-az mount, the field of view is so small that it makes...
ch. you're going to have to tell us which deep sky objects you wish to see. If it is open clusters, where resolution matters most for getting a good view of...
Hi everyone I am new too and hoping to buy my first pair. I want to know can you take pictures with binoculars, are there any that come with a built in camera?...
Although I've viewed through Binocs for years I'm still struggling with their "place" in astronomical viewing. I've found them to be super for viewing the...
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