Binoculars..

[James Woo]

I observed Jupiter last night with my Fujicon 12x50 bino.Could not make out the four major moons and Jupiter was just a dancing blob of light!
With my 125mm refractor at 100x, Jupiter was just the size of a pencil eraser head and its four moons are just pin point lights.The two cloud belts were visible but the great spot wasn't!

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

sounds like another night of bad seeing there James . Perfect nights are few and far between .
Have a good new years eve .
Brian.

[OICURMT]

Originally Posted by samos

I'm looking for a very introductory (and easy to use, point and look if you will) set of binoculars. Somewhere in the vicinity of $150.00-$300.00.

http://www.myastroshop.com.au/produc...sp?id=MAS-037A

Just bought a set of these here in the USA for $49.95 shipping included...

Handheld, there's a bit of jumping around unless I'm in the lounger with my elbows resting on the arms.

Got my fathers tripod out, great improvement (obviously), so it looks like I'm going to DIY a bino-tripod of some type when I get back to Perth...

Originally Posted by erick

http://www.iceinspace.com.au/63-374-0-0-1-0.html

This is a great link... thanks!

Happy New Year!
OIC!

[Ronnie (Ronnie)]

G'day All ,
I am confused between getting No Focus or Focus WA or not binoculars .

I can't find a definitive answer looking for reviews are useless as many are just product review by companies

MTIA

Ronnie

[dannat (Daniel)]

Ronnie I don't like the no focus binoculars, as my eyes are different & they don't suit. Focusing isn't all that d ifficult

[Ronnie (Ronnie)]

Thank$
Some like Celestron say Astronomical no focus .
I just want to make sure i don't get the wrong ones hence my questions .
Have a great day .

[dannat (Daniel)]

Yep they are set to infinity focus, but the cheaper ones I would stay away from
Steiner I know do a decent no focus but it's not cheap

[Ronnie (Ronnie)]

Thank$

So no focus are good for general astronomy viewing ?

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

As Daniel said , Ronnie the cheeper non focus binoculars are ok for terrestial viewing but to look at the stars , moom etc you need exact focus to see these at their best , and they will give your eyes a real work out ( headache ) trying to compensate for the slight out of focus.
If thats all you have dont be afraid to use them to learn a bit of the night sky .
Also the Senier , Zeiss and others are in the 2000 dollar bracket so most of us can only dream .. They are beautiful but for that price you would get a very , very nice Telescope .
Brian.