On wednesday evening, September 20, 2023, among other binocular astronomy adventures I observed a hexagonal asterism pointed out by fellow Cloudy Nights member aznuge with an APM 20×80 binocular I had been using to log Cygni 100 list doubles (back left in image)....
A long anticipated addition to the Oberwerk binocular offerings arrived at my door this afternoon — the 25×100 ED Ultra with reworked eyepieces to increase eye relief by 4mm (to 14mm). Hopefully this will not be too much eye relief for me, being something...
My rebirth in binocular astronomy after decades of mostly telescopic observing began with an Oberwerk binocular — the 10×50 Ultra. A classic independent-focus porro prism binocular optimized for astronomy. I was immediately captivated by the binocular,...
My happy discovery of Pi Andromedae occurred on Wednesday 15 November 2023 while I was making observations of the double star STFA 1, which is near Delta Andromedae, just to the south of Pi, following up on this Cloudy Nights topic about using hand held binoculars to...
It seemed like the forecast for Saturday night (4 March 2023) would not hold up, based on visual satellite imagery, but despite some hazy clouds and a 94.9% illuminated 11-day moon the skies were clear enough to do some observing so both the 25×100 ED Ultra and...
