Binoculars are a great way to learn to navigate the night sky. Learn why binoculars are an essential astronomy tool in this free video on home astronomy from a telescope salesperson. Expert: Jesse Sturgeon Bio: Jesse Sturgeon has served as a sales and customer service representative for Anacortes Telescope in Anacortes, Wash. for several years. He enjoys introducing people to the science & art of astronomy. Filmmaker: Curtis Enlow
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@ellipsis00 I have seen Jupiter and 2 moons too, during a clear night sky. Unfortunately there is much light pollution and air pollution in the city I live.
Hi buddy, am a beginner in amateur astronomy and i have a few queries and i request you to help me on this… am plannin to buy skymaster 15×70′s and thats my first ever gadget for astronomical use.. ok here it goes
Q1: can i fix or change the eyepiece for a binocular just like its done in a telescope for magnification purpose? is it possible?
Q2: how do i use these binoculars for astrophotography?
What can you see in space with a 10X50 binocular?
best binos I have found for the price are Nikon Action extreme 12×50′s or 10×50. Superb optics, very clear. I have the 10×50…you could try 12×50 but will be shaky without a mount. 10x50s work fine while resting in a lawn chair,e tc.
@ParaglidingManiac Start by learning some of the constellations. That makes it a lot easier.
@buttflasher,
Thank you! Downloaded and tried it. I have a refractor with manual control. It’s quite hard for me to navigate my self through the sky. Any techniques, or does it just take time to remember some?
@ParaglidingManiac Try downloading a planetarium program. There’s one called Stellarium it’s free.
I don’t know how to find sky objects (planets) in the night sky. Can anyone point me a video helping me with that please?
@monkeyboy4746 Well, the point of my comment is that I’ve been reading books about binoculars before I bought one. Zoom binoculars are not even take seriously in any book. However, the mainstream public is likely to think that the more zoom or more megapixels you have the better. The public is a victim of advertisers who simply lie. My opinion is, if you want to buy something, read about the subject first. I read stuff and I chose Fujinon Polaris and Nikon Prostar and Astroluxe.
@dvamateur Get a good tripod for them, Fujis are fantastic binos, very flat field, built like a tank, they will beat any zoom bino. The 70mm lenses will always beat a 25mm when viewing faint objects. Get a parallel arm mount for them and not worry about the extra weight.
When I bought my 16×70 Fujinon FMT-SX, I showed it to my father. First thing he asked was, where is the magnification? [he meant zoom]. He was also very surprised that his 8-24×25 Nikon zooms have higher magnification than this, so in his opinion it was stupid of me to buy this large Fujinon binoculars. Nonetheless, I think that my dad’s little zoom binos have quite a bit of a tunnel vision compared to these large Fujis. I like the Fujis, my father likes the little Nikon. For each his own.
Great video thank you
i also have big solid tripodwith it. because its heavy as it is 80mm.
i got a pair of 25-125x80mm binocs made by celestron $150 they are up to 125x mag and can see alot.
I just picked up a pair of Celestron 15×70…seems very nice but definitely kind of big and heavy.
I got a pair of 10×50′s over the weekend and was able to see 3 of jupiter’s moons and several amazingly dense blobs of stars that were totaly invisable otherwise. Then my girlfriend found a really hot naked chick changing in her 11th floor bedroom. awsome. Thanks JS.
work out a bit, get a tripod also, and buy 15×70 celestrons weighing about 3 pounds.
i would start off with 10x50s.
0:25 what is good to use?
Yeah reminds me of ET (O.O).
But yeah I want them wonder how much they cost
1.46…………….Holy Shit, what the fuck are those?
” see the moon see the stars, see your neighbours hairs and their arse crack”!
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great