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Absolutely,
Binoculars rule & have their place. At the moment I am just collecting what I consider affordable equipment to enhance my learning experience of the night sky before I embark into astrophotography. I picked up some more books on sale today:
-NIGHT SKY “a comprehensive guide to the wonders of the universe” –Oceana
-STARS AND PLANETS (pocket guide) -By Giles Sparrow
-ATLAS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS –By Giles Sparrow
-the UNIVERSE and how we see it –By Giles Sparrow
The Natures Companion- PRACTICAL SKYWATCHING Co-Editors H.Levy & DR. John O’Byrne
I agree that I will most likely spend as much time looking through my Bino’s as I do my Dob. Because I live right in town amougst all the light pollution, it is important to me, to use rather large equipment. Despite the 20X90’s weighing in at 3.7 Killos, I seem to scan the night sky pretty good with them. As I learn more about the major targets, I find I am also picking up an interest in the surrounding stars; and being able to pick up a little more magnitude has been helpful, if still only scanning. As for my Dob, I am still using it to make out the tiny star configurations within various nebula as viewing from a light polluted sky hides the dust and leaves me scratching my head. The Dob has been excellent for helping me do this. I wonder if I can spot the eagle nebula like I did in my dob in such conditions? It’s one thing to spot an object at a certain Mag, but then it’s another to look deeper within...I find I seem to be improving on doing this without increasing the appJ
There seems to be a few breaks in the clouds and the weather seems to be improving. I will try the camera mount steadily tonight and do some moon observing with these new Bino’s before trying out the DSO’s. The best thing about Bino’s is that I can take them to work with me & use them when appropriate.
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