I started with binnos on a boat. Cruising the sky like cruising the water ways.
Been through building scopes, buying scopes, thru astro photography,heaps of reading etc and now really back to cruising the sky with binnos...star gazing ... I enjoy the 80mm binnos more now than the 12 inch or the hour long exposures on a particular object...but it is nice to have a closer look with the 12 inch or a get a long exposure.
alex

