What A Night!

What a beautiful clear night tonight. I didnt even take the telescope out tonight just a pair of binoculars and a chair my whole garden is lit up in the moonlight. At times the moon looks better without a scope

Frank and I got a good look at the moon though the clubs 12" dob with a 26mm eyepiece which easily gives us the entire moon at a glance, no binoculars could beat it. A nice sky, even if it is lit up like a Christmas tree by the moon.

I always say that a 10X50 binocs gives a far more beautiful view of the Gemini region around M35 /Propus/Tegat than any scope.

The vast field of the binocs brings it out.
Like looking out over a bottomlessly deep and wide panorama.

In a truly dark sky (the stars like "Diamonds on Black Velvet") it looks 3-D.

(In even slight light pollution, as in 90% of Ireland, that effect is wiped out.)

Peter.

It was patchy cloud here (Daingean, Offaly) when I was out for a walk, and then setting off to work (between 22:00hrs and 22:30hrs). The thin rays of Moonlight peeping out between the clouds were nice to see. Cloudy this morning though...

Seanie.

The vast field of the binocs brings it out.
Like looking out over a bottomlessly deep and wide panorama.

In a truly dark sky (the stars like "Diamonds on Black Velvet") it looks 3-D.

Peter.

Clearly an optical illusion