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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2857454, member: 76194&quot;]My son testing out the 7x50 binoculars. They arrived today. These are the perfect astronomy binos, with perfect magnification vs. field of view ratio for stargazing, and large apertures for plenty of light gathering in the darkness...yet not ridiculously heavy to hold by hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679661[/ATTACH]</p><p>Heck, my son had a blast with these for a good 15 minutes, and I got to sight see a Douglas DC-3 that flies near my house once in a while on the way to a small private airfield 5 miles away. It looked so close and so nicely 3-D I almost felt like I could reach out and touch it. Can&#039;t wait to use these tonight to help me hunt potential sky targets to aim my telescope at.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and last night I used Sirius and Vega to align my new laser finder on the telescope. Finally got the right base mount and got it set up securely on the telescope. It is literally point and view now. Aim the laser at a star, planet, or cluster, and see it perfectly centered on the eyepiece just like that. Word of caution, use lasers responsibility. Never have a laser on and pointing at the sky if you hear or see an airplane overhead.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]679669[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My only regret now is that I only got a 4.5 inch telescope. I feel so inadequate. I need to upgrade to at least 6 inches by next year, and leave this one as a portable and backup telescope. Come to think of it, 8 inches might be the perfect size. We&#039;ll see.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to astronomy, I&#039;ve discovered size does matter...though it&#039;s not so much the length as the girth (ie. aperture size). Here,&nbsp; Adams Sandler figured it all out:</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]svmYu4n7_nk[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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