|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Friday, January 20, 2012Small telescopes in the winter I’ve always had a thing for going light and small on my equipment choices, whether it be cars, fishing tackle, binoculars, spotting scopes, digital cameras and, definitely, telescopes. Make no mistake, I do own a wonderful, fairly large telescope and I love it. There are times when you need the optical muscle of large aperture telescopes to get the job done. Come spring, for instance, I’ll be hunting faint galaxies and for that pursuit, the bigger the telescope, the better. Still, nothing beats small three or four-inch high-grade refractor telescopes for image quality, wide-angle views in the telescope eyepiece and, equally important, amazing portability and ease of use. I especially enjoy using my refractor telescopes in the winter months to “ooh” and “ah” over brilliant star clusters in Auriga, Gemini, Orion, Canis Major and Monoceris. That quick setup time for small telescopes is a huge plus when temperatures head down toward zero. Speaking of the constellation Monoceris: if you own a small telescope, take a look at this constellation on a cold winter's night. It’s an unremarkable constellation to the naked eye since it has no bright and obvious stars, but it is a treasure trove of objects for a small telescope or astronomy binoculars. Stay warm. Comments: |
|
|
|
|
© 1999- OpticsPlanet, Inc
- telescopes,
binoculars,
microscopes,
riflescopes,
rangefinders,
& more.