Good Seeing Tonite

by Rich Neuschaefer

A few of us were having a good time doing binocular astronomy. There was an Orion 25x100. It gave good images. They are amazingly inexpensive for such a big binocular. I was using my Canon 15x50 and Zeiss 10x42FL most of the night. I could just make out M104 with my 10x42s. We were lower on the hill than MB. I didn't think I would see M104 with that much light near by.

Zeiss has come out with a smaller version of their FLs. The Zeiss 8x32FL has had very good reviews. It has a very wide field for an 8x and weighs less than 20oz.

Posted on sf-bay-tac Apr 06, 2005 03:05:30 PT
Converted by report.pm 1.2 Apr 06, 2005 21:31:37 PT