Comment on The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year agoWow! I’m closer than I thought! Thanks so much. This may change where I camp this weekend.
Comment on The loss of dark skies is so painful, astronomers coined a new term for it
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 year agoWow! I’m closer than I thought! Thanks so much. This may change where I camp this weekend.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sounds like you might have some binoculars. 7x35 or 8x42 or 10x50 binos are great for scanning the night sky. Outer lens diameter divided by zoom = inner lens diameter which you want to be 5mm or greater. 35/7=5 and 42/8=5.2 etc. Some larger “deep sky objects” such as Andromeda galaxy, Lagoon Nebula, Orion Nebula, and Hercules cluster pop right out in my nikon ae 10x50s. Again, they’re just smudges, but they’re such stationary smudges you’ll swear the sky is a painted dome.