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and the binoculars have a field of view and depth of field such that you can actually _see_ Jupiter floating up above the rough branches of the tree in the next yard over. It's quite a beautiful view.

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Hi Chris, I know what you mean about binos. When you get terrestrial objects in the view along with astronomical objects you get that floating feeling. Beautiful.

Question: when you say you have mag 3 skies, what scale are you using? I may not understand the scales too well. I read up on the Bortle scale and determined that my skies are about 5-1/2. I thought they said that the lower numbers referred to darker skies and the higher numbers referred to more polluted skies. Do I have it backwards? I haven't studied other scales, so I don't have a clue what to estimate. Just curious.

Anyway, great report and sounds like those 15x70s are a delight.

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--Russell

"Akita mani yo." Observe everything as you walk. (--Lakota)


Celestron Celestar 8 Standard SCT, f10
Celestron 80mm Wide View ref., f5
Criterion RV-6 Dynascope, Newt., f8, (c. 1962)
Sears Discoverer 60mm ref., f7, (c. 1973)
Celestron Ultima DX 10x50, 6.5 TFOV
Tasco 7x35 wide
Several mediocre eyepieces

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