TheSkySearchers

~

We have a category for most used astro binos, so what about any others you have and use for general observing, or even astronomy, though they may not be your favorite model?


Here is a pair I recently found online, in good shape.

:

:

Made in Tokyo, date uncertain
:

:


:

:

Case in good shape, too.
:


:





.

I use my Vixen Ascot 10x50 for casual observing, we also take them when travelling.
When stopping for a stretch you can spot something interesting to go see
https://global.vixen.co.jp/en/product/1563_06/

Nakedgun wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 7:57 pm ~

We have a category for most used astro binos, so what about any others you have and use for general observing, or even astronomy, though they may not be your favorite model?

Here is a pair I recently found online, in good shape. Made in Tokyo, date uncertain

Those look a lot like a pair of 7x35s I bought from Sears around 1980.

I tend to use the Celestron Skymasters most of the time. The trick is that they are large aperture but can still be handheld. If I'm tired or have darker skies the 10x50's. The 25x100's are mostly summer nebulae and clusters in terms of use.

My old Selsi 7x35 are kept by the front door for bird watching. The cat has knocked them off the table quite a bit and still put up a nice image.

Personally, I really like 7x50s the larger exit pupils cut down on black outs for me.

The optics you can see in my signature are all used equally for astronomy and watching wildlife.

helicon wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 2:26 pm The 25x100's are mostly summer nebulae and clusters in terms of use.

~

For summer Milky Way I have 32x82s which cannot be handheld.



.

Nakedgun wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 6:37 pm

helicon wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 2:26 pm The 25x100's are mostly summer nebulae and clusters in terms of use.

~

For summer Milky Way I have 32x82s which cannot be handheld.



.

Yup. I have a parallelogram mount for that.

I use the 25 X 100s and LW 11 X70s pretty much equally for astronomy. However, I use the LW 11 X 70s to spot wildlife on photography outings.

helicon wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 6:41 pm

Nakedgun wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 6:37 pm

helicon wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 2:26 pm The 25x100's are mostly summer nebulae and clusters in terms of use.

~

For summer Milky Way I have 32x82s which cannot be handheld.



.

Yup. I have a parallelogram mount for that.

~

My 32x82s ride atop a Manfrotto 3058/316 combo when I get them out. My parallelogram mount and 16x70s are pretty much wedded to one another.

Here's another vintage find:
:


:

Like the previously shown Jason 7x35s these, too, are from the plastic neckstrap era (70s?).
:

:

:


:

Leather case with this one in pretty fair condition.
:


:

Along with the 7x35s I keep these in the garage for daylight targets of opportunity.



.

here's what I've been using since the 90s.
they were made in japan.

Also - used to have a pair of 7x35's that my father had used in the Navy, don't know what happened to them.

helicon wrote: ↑Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:47 pm Also - used to have a pair of 7x35's that my father had used in the Navy, don't know what happened to them.

~

My dad was a sailor, also. He "obtained" a pair of Navy 7x50s we used wen I was a kid. A brother had them for many years, and they may be with another brother now, as the first one has gone to his reward.


.

~

Avoiding last-minute rushes/shortages, I bought these for use primarily during next year's total solar eclipse.

Relatively inexpensive, compact, and 10x closer than eclipse glasses.

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/ ... ulars.html




.

~

Delivered today, I've been wanting a pair of these "naked" binos since first seeing them in other people's collections.

I was high-bidder at Goodwill.

:

:


Now, my Mayflower "naked" monocular will have a companion.


:

:






.

~

This just added to my collection, the smallest prismatic binocular I'm likely to find, at 6x15.

Have you anything smaller?



:

:





.