An Age of Magic

Astronomy – you don’t always need a telescope!

July 2, 2011 on 8:00 am | In Culture, Technology | No Comments

We are avid amateur astronomers in our family and often travel to viewings held by the association we belong to around the countryside. The rural skies are best because you don’t get the light interference from traffic lights, buildings etc. We have a couple of serious telescopes for viewing the planets but last Xmas we decided to invest in a pair of really good astronomical binoculars for occasions when the moon is doing something interesting. Lugging the telescopes around in the car can be a bit of a pain at times so we were looking for something more portable.

We got a pair of binoculars and can highly recommend them although they most certainly are NOT for solar viewings – you must bear that in mind. There are many brands available for astronomy usage – among them nikon monarch binoculars and the more serious type for real enthusiasts but we found they did the job brilliantly when we attended the recent lunar eclipse. Don’t assume you wont look the real deal without a telescope, of course you need one for anything beyond the moon, but the binoculars did the trick for us perfectly.

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