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From: freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Binocular astronomy
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Date: Fri, 22-Nov-85 16:33:58 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 22 16:33:58 1985
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Organization: Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA
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Recently Richard D. Pierce and others have commented on observing Comet
Halley in binoculars.  I thought it might be appropriate to mention that
average-sized binoculars are undeservedly and sorely neglected as fine
instruments for amateur astronomy.  A 7 X 50 binocular will show all the
objects in the Messier catalog (yes, I've done it; and yes, some of them
were almost impossible); and perhaps another few hundred star clusters,
galaxies and nebulae.

Many people have a binocular around the house, yet fail even to consider
it as an astronomical instrument.  Try it!
-- 
Jay Reynolds Freeman (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)(canonical disclaimer)