Comments on: What is the best combination of 2 astronomy binoculars? http://www.binocularsguide.net/what-is-the-best-combination-of-2-astronomy-binoculars/ Giving you the insight you need Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:45:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rogers http://www.binocularsguide.net/what-is-the-best-combination-of-2-astronomy-binoculars/comment-page-1/#comment-26 David Rogers Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:16:44 +0000 http://192.168.1.2/?p=63#comment-26 A hand-held pair such as 10x50, and a tripod-mounted pair such as 15x70 or 20x80. Get the smaller pair first and get some experience learning the sky before investing in a larger pair. Personally, when doing binocular observing (under light-polluted skies) I will use a pair of 15x70 hand-held (not everyone can adaquately hand-hold binoculars of this size and magnification) along with a tripod-mounted pair of 25x100 binos. But you need a beefy mount/tripod for such a pair, which is an additional expense. A hand-held pair such as 10×50, and a tripod-mounted pair such as 15×70 or 20×80. Get the smaller pair first and get some experience learning the sky before investing in a larger pair.

Personally, when doing binocular observing (under light-polluted skies) I will use a pair of 15×70 hand-held (not everyone can adaquately hand-hold binoculars of this size and magnification) along with a tripod-mounted pair of 25×100 binos. But you need a beefy mount/tripod for such a pair, which is an additional expense.

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