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LenSatic
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Dec 02, 2014

Naked-eye astronomy is more than just meteors.

For you meteor hunters out there in the boonies, there is other visible stuff buzzing around up there: satellites. The easiest to see is the International Space Station. It’s extremely bright and, w...
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LenSatic
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Mar 03, 2015
DAS26miles wrote:
Looking at the tripods and binocular adapters. Seems the size of the tripods varies, 50-72". I would think the 72" would be more comfortable as I could set it to eye-level and tilt up. Can use it for spotting wildlife and then letting the DW see. She misses it sometimes as she can't handle the big binoculars.


Mine goes up to 80" but that's too high for me. I probably use it at 72" or a little lower. Fifty inches would be too short for astronomy unless you are sitting down.

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