Binocular Highlights by Gary Seronik, 2nd Ed.
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:11 pm
Burned part of a B&N gift card and ordered this online. It arrived yesterday.
I'm not really much of a bino observer, but since I'm in heavyLP and my scopes are small, I've found that bino books give more realistic expectations of what I can see from home. No 12th mag faint fuzzies here - I keep an FF list for trips to darker skies.
I like the book. 109 open and globular clusters, galaxies, double stars, and nebulae with lovely Sky and Tel style charts - dark blue with colored stars. I wish S&T would publish an atlas in that format, but an S&T contributor said the magazine charts are custom prepared and apparently not translatable to something as large as an atlas.
Format is spiral bound and about 9 inches by 6 inches - seems convenient for one-handed field use. Price was $24.99, which might be a little high IMO, but a custom mojito in a "trendy" restaurant can set you back a good portion of that. Priorities!
Bottom line: good book for bino and small telescope users, worth the cost, and definitely a keeper.
I'm not really much of a bino observer, but since I'm in heavy
I like the book. 109 open and globular clusters, galaxies, double stars, and nebulae with lovely Sky and Tel style charts - dark blue with colored stars. I wish S&T would publish an atlas in that format, but an S&T contributor said the magazine charts are custom prepared and apparently not translatable to something as large as an atlas.
Format is spiral bound and about 9 inches by 6 inches - seems convenient for one-handed field use. Price was $24.99, which might be a little high IMO, but a custom mojito in a "trendy" restaurant can set you back a good portion of that. Priorities!
Bottom line: good book for bino and small telescope users, worth the cost, and definitely a keeper.