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SaberScorpX
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Re: Back to basics aka Binos
07/22/08 04:12 PM
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A exercise/weight training background would seem to be a substantial advantage for handheld viewing. Increased strength, endurance, control, and coordinative benefits.
Topic specific, it's always a good idea to bring something else along that's unique to stargazing.
I once had a lengthy encounter (more lengthy than usual anyway) with the Illinois State Police while getting back to basics in the boonies armed with only an 8x40. On this occasion, without even a star atlas or red flashlight to lend credibility, they had a very hard time believing I was simply stargazing. That I look more like a convict than a cosmologist didn't help matters.
But they eventually decided there were no houses close enough for me to be planning any pillaging or plundering, and left me to my claimed business with the stars.
Saber Does The Stars at
www.astronomyblogs.com/member/saberscorpx/
Extreme Lunar Crescent sighting data for L1059 is available at
http://tinyurl.com/2rvsbc
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