Happy happy happy Songs!! *dances around*
*falls over*
Ahem! I recently got back into astronomy. Does help that Venus and Jupiter are quite nicely in the sky at the moment ^^
Well naked-eye viewing is all well and good, but I want a better look. My dad gave me his old telescope when the moved...but it is unequivocally a right POS. XD He agrees and says he had it when he was younger than me, making this thing at least 40 nearly 50 years old!! (Dad's 66.) We set it up on Housemate's tripod to look at stuff; it barely got a decent view of the moon and was worthless on Jupiter. I don't know its specs, all I have is it and its box. Oh well, it's a good LARPing prop XD
So! Been nosing around, and I figured that a nice set of binoculars would do well. I can use them for birdwatching,being nosy looking at pretty things while walking, etc. They're portable too, much more than a telescope. So after some research - making sure I get a good magnification and a wide enough aperture - I have acquired these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Olympus-12-5...0090333&sr=8-1
They came today. It was a huuuuuuuuge box! Didn't help that there was a Planisphere in there too. I was excited and bouncing up and down!! I can't wait to test them... if I've worked out the planet positions correctly, Jupiter and Venus are going to be very close together on the 15th of March, and we're driving out to the aerodrome in the New Forest to see it!!
Happy happy!! *hugs her new binoculars*
*falls over*
Ahem! I recently got back into astronomy. Does help that Venus and Jupiter are quite nicely in the sky at the moment ^^
Well naked-eye viewing is all well and good, but I want a better look. My dad gave me his old telescope when the moved...but it is unequivocally a right POS. XD He agrees and says he had it when he was younger than me, making this thing at least 40 nearly 50 years old!! (Dad's 66.) We set it up on Housemate's tripod to look at stuff; it barely got a decent view of the moon and was worthless on Jupiter. I don't know its specs, all I have is it and its box. Oh well, it's a good LARPing prop XD
So! Been nosing around, and I figured that a nice set of binoculars would do well. I can use them for birdwatching,
They came today. It was a huuuuuuuuge box! Didn't help that there was a Planisphere in there too. I was excited and bouncing up and down!! I can't wait to test them... if I've worked out the planet positions correctly, Jupiter and Venus are going to be very close together on the 15th of March, and we're driving out to the aerodrome in the New Forest to see it!!
Happy happy!! *hugs her new binoculars*
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