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Pages: 1 Blind-Cyclops sage Reged: 11/28/05 Posts: 489 Loc: Kitchener, ON, Canada More AL observing programs/clubs for binos?       #1127470 - 09/01/06 11:44 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I see a couple mentions of the observing programs/clubs mentioned and know there are two programs/clubs now -- Binocular Messier Club ...and... Deep Sky Binocular Club. I'm wondering if there is enough interest to create bino observing programs/clubs equivalent to most of the other telescope observing programs/clubs? Double Star Club --------------- Double Star Binocular Club Galaxy Groups & Clusters Club -- Galaxy Groups & Clusters Binocular Club Globular Cluster Club ----------- Globular Cluster Binocular Club Herschel 400 Club -------------- Herschell Binocular Club (obviously not all 400) Caldwell Club ------------------ Caldwell Binocular club Open Cluster Club -------------- Open Cluster Binocular Club Planetary Nebula Club ---------- Planetary Nebula Binocular Club Planetary Observers Club ------- (not sure about this one) Urban Observing Club ----------- Urban Observing Binocular Club Earth Orbiting Satellite Observing Club -- Earth Orbiting Observing Binocular Club and... Master Observer Club ------------- Master Binocular Observer Club What do you think folks...??? -------------------- Clear skies... Duncan "Watch the skies, everywhere! Keep looking. Keep watching the skies!" -- Closing line in movie spoken by newspaper report Ned "Scotty" Scott (Douglas Spencer) in the Sci-Fi movie "The Thing From Another World", RKO Radio Pictures, 1951. Antares (refractor) 127mm f/6.45. w/2-spd Crayford Orion (Maksutov) 150mm f/12 w/2" EP adapter Giro 3 (twin), 18" pier, EQ5 tripod. Garrett 20x80mm, 410 head, 055 tripod. Post Extras:       Littlegreenman Carpal Tunnel Reged: 05/09/05 Posts: 2730 Loc: Southern California Re: More AL observing programs/clubs for binos? [Re: Blind-Cyclops]       #1127518 - 09/02/06 12:20 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Mee thinks I'm seeing double! Post Extras:       edwincjones Close Enough Reged: 04/10/04 Posts: 7980 Re: More AL observing programs/clubs for binos? [Re: Littlegreenman]       #1127700 - 09/02/06 06:35 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   You left out Binocular Comet club Galaxy Cluster and Group and Planetary Nebula too faint GC just too booring with binoculars Planetary Club would be hard the others workable but many would require big glass edj -------------------- Post Extras:       Glassthrower Vendor - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Reged: 04/07/05 Posts: 17931 Loc: Oort Cloud 9 Re: More AL observing programs/clubs for binos? [Re: edwincjones]       #1127780 - 09/02/06 08:52 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   The Telescopic Urban club should be doable in giant binoculars. Since most of the targets are selected to be seen from city skies, one can assume that most are bright. I've been working on it piecemeal for some time now. If you have big glass and dark skies, there is always the Caldwell list. Clear dark skies... MikeG -------------------- Michael Gilmer - Member of the Meteoritical Society & Collector of Falling Stars. ☄ ⒼⒶⓁⒶⒸⓉⒾⒸ ⓈⓉⓄⓃⒺ ☞ www.galactic-stone.com Post Extras:       edwincjones Close Enough Reged: 04/10/04 Posts: 7980 Re: More AL observing programs/clubs for binos? [Re: Glassthrower]       #1127858 - 09/02/06 10:19 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Most of the AL observing clubs allow binoculars in place of telescopes-IF you are able to do them. I did the Herschel's with binoculars (10x70s, 20x100s, 25x150s) and Caldwells (25x150 Northern and 7x50s Southern-except for one southern caldwell that I could not find). The problem with binoculars are the low magification and lack of detail with the smaller, dimmer DSOs. go for it, edj -------------------- Post Extras:       Pages: 1

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