Binoculars and tripod

[caladina]

if you are getting a tripod it's best to go for the ones with three legs
i find the ones with 4 legs tend to rock about on uneven ground and the two legged one just keep falling over










sorry couldn't resist that

i have a pair of tasco 8-20 zoom x 50 binoc's and an old telescope tripod, i made a adaptor bracket myself
i also had a small junior vice from a "beginner work bench set" from my childhood that was light weight enough to carry about that i could clamp to a fence post or simalar, it was the table top kind
this was excellent for getting a stable image

the best telescope i ever managed to get back then was a very cheap on, just £30 , a 50 mm obj refractor, it was the first time i ever saw saturns rings and i remember just crying with shear pleasure,
at the time i was just understanding the shear unbelivable distance that was between the planets and how far away saturn was and there it was with my very own eyes, truly an amazing "first"
unfortunatly living in london i never got around to getting a better scope

[tenohfive]

Quick reminder that they start selling Bresser 10x50 binoculars in Lidl for £12. Bought two sets and thus far I'm impressed.


Just hope theres a few clear gaps in the clouds tonight.