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Originally Posted by moon man
I purchased by first pair of 10x50 binoculars last week so I am truly a newbie. I am starting to think that stargazing is perhaps best suited to the warmer months.
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Welcome aboard!
Mike's right, the winter milky way is awesome especially for binos! Summer, of course, is good too with Orion in the evening sky, but not as many rich fields.
Don't be put off by the cold. With a bit of planning, you can keep warm even on the coldest nights. I work on the layer principle too, but the last layer I put on are freezer pants and jacket. I start with thermals, jeans and shirt, thick socks and boots, fingerless woolen gloves (with the optional ski gloves if necessary), IIS beanie
, a throat coat, windstopper jacket (with the option of a tech vest if its really cold) and then finally the freezer jacket and pants when it gets reeeeally cold!!!
If you're observing with binos, don't forget one of the best ways is to roll out a sleeping bag (with a therma-rest is good!) or swag and snuggle in!
It beat's standing and looking up
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Al.