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I often recommend to beginning sky-watchers that they try looking at the night sky with a large pair of binoculars (look for large objective-lenses and not too
by ISL 4y ago
I often recommend to beginning sky-watchers that they try looking at the night sky with a large pair of binoculars (look for large objective-lenses and not too much magnification) rather than a telescope.
The nebulae and larger Messier objects are beautiful and approachable with bright handheld optics.
- pophenat 4y agoA small bit of advice from me: consider the weight of the binoculars when buying them. They can be too heavy to hold for more than a minute - especially large ones made for astronomy. You will either want a tripod (which is inconvenient to carry around and set up), or you’d want the binoculars to be smaller in size.
- bumbledraven 4y agoOr you can buy image stabilizing binoculars which mechanically keep the image steady in your view despite the slight motion of your hands.
- sph 4y agoI didn't know this was a thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image-stabilized_binoculars https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image-stabilized_binoculars
- vl 4y agoFor any practical viewing with binoculars you do need a good tripod - otherwise instead of stars you’ll see shaky lines. Unlike daytime viewing your eye/brain doesn’t eliminate small shakes, or maybe it’s just harder to stabilize binoculars when looking up.