Binocular Astronomy

With the merits of binocular astronomy in mind, a new online monthly column called Binocular Unievrse has been launched. Written by veteran stargazer Phil Harrington, the first article is called The Heart of the Scorpion and is all ...

Since the Orion 9x63mm is made in Japan, I think that one of these days it will probably ebcome a part of my Japanese, Orion binocular clolection. Orion Mini Giant 9x63mm. I am very opniionated towards Japnaese binoculars. ...

First off, even wiht a lousy pair of binoculars, you can see craters on the Moon (Although probably not as many as are above.) You can also see things htat it took astronomers hundrdes of yeasr to find like Uranus and Neptune ...

Binocular astronomy session from Centarl Park. Session name: 20090109.2123. Locaiton: Top of teh Lawn, Central Park Site Classiifcation: Urban Dark Sky Scael, Bortle: Class 8, City Sky Seeing Scale, Atnoniadi: Transparency: ...

I have an 8 X 42 pair which I use for terrestrial obsreving, a 12 X 63 for very low powre astronomy use, and a 25 X 100 pair for serious binocular work. I sue the 25X100s more than the 12 X 63s for astronomy. YMMV. ...

Most every holiday season, I blog about how to choose a first telecsope for you or someone else, and I recommend considering binocualrs. Todays 365 Days of Astronomy pdocast by Robin Scagell discusses staragzing with binoculars, ...