You would be surprised the "faint" objects you can see
even in light polluted skies.
I saw M51 about a week ago from Foothill Park on Page Mill
Road with not very good skies and my Swarovski EL 8.5x42.
I also could see it with my Canon 15x50 IS bino.
This year while watching the Perseid meteor shower from MB
open space I found the Helix Nebula with my 8x42 Leica BN
binocular. This was about 2 am when the Helix was in the southwest
where the sky is a little darker at MB, but MB is not what I would
call a dark sky site. This was without a filter. Just the bino and my
eyes.
Clear skies,
Rich
> You right, but not faint objects with a 50mm bino!
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> Julius
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> From: rnapo ^lt;rnapo_at_znet.com>
> Date: Sun Aug 29 2004 - 14:28:31 MST
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> Congratulations Julius!
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> It's fun to try seeing M51 from different places with binoculars.
> Once you know what to look for you can find M51 in some pretty
> light polluted places.
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> Rich
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> > Few weeks ago, camped in Eldorado National Forest, the Crystal Basin area.
> > 20 mile from Taho.
> > At Gerle lake, it was so dark, I could see M51 with my Nikon 50 mm bino.
> > I can make out the shape of the double galaxy, no details though, only the
> > shape.
> > Very dark place, lake reflected all the stars on it's surface, like a
> > mirror. I wouldn't try to find my camp site without a light, for sure.
> > About 3 hours drive from Pleasanton on Hwy 50, located between Placerwille
> > and Taho, than drive beyond Union Valley reservoir.
> >
> > Julius
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Received on Mon Aug 30 03:24:46 2004