First night with 15x70s!!

[JJoolz]

So tonight was the first night I had clear skies to use my 15x70 Celestron's

I have been in my garden for about 3hrs just amazed with what I saw.. So much comes out when you are looking through these things.

I could make out all of the things I wanted to see.. Including Andromeda.. It's even pretty easy to find as well once you match up the stars!!

I will be getting a tripod as well to make things that more bit special.

One question though.. What other things do you think I could pick up with these 17x50s?

I live in a area where there is a fair bit of light pollution but not as much as a city say.

Would love to see some more galaxies/nebulas if its possible.

[Double Kick Drum]

You should be able to see quite a few deep space objects with 15x70s, most of them clusters.

If you haven't already got one, i'd suggest getting a pocket sky atlas to refer back to whilst outside.

There are quite a few observable open clusters at the moment, including the Pleiades in Taurus, the Double cluster in Perseus and the Beehive cluster in Cancer.

The Orion nebula is also easily visible in binoculars too.

Try this link for suggestions http://stargazerslounge.com/observing-binoculars/90297-binocular-observing-links.html

[JJoolz]

Many thanks.

I use Starwalk on my iPad when I'm outside just to confirm what I'm seeing.

Thanks for the links.. Will get looking through them right away.

[assasincz]

I have yet to experience the first light with my 15x70 Celestrons, and I am looking forward to it immensly.

I will be getting a tripod as well to make things that more bit special.

Word of warning though, the supplied tripod adapter is so flimsy it will make your binos rock from side to side all the time - really annoying. So either modifying the adapter (I have seen that they have filled the plastic pressed piece with some epoxid to make it more sturdy) or sturdier tripod adapter will be in order

I have heard that M33 pops out nicely in big binos. Let us know if you'll get round to it.

[mdstuart]

Try M81/82 which are the next brightest galaxies in the sky. They are a bit tough to locate at first so you need a good atlas..and that tripod would help...They are fainter than M31 but should be possible as they are high up to the North at the moment.

Let us know if you find them..

Mark

[JJoolz]

I have yet to experience the first light with my 15x70 Celestrons, and I am looking forward to it immensly.

Word of warning though, the supplied tripod adapter is so flimsy it will make your binos rock from side to side all the time - really annoying. So either modifying the adapter (I have seen that they have filled the plastic pressed piece with some epoxid to make it more sturdy) or sturdier tripod adapter will be in order

Yeah I've heard about the adapter.. Shall buy a metal one off the net for when I get it

Try M81/82 which are the next brightest galaxies in the sky. They are a bit tough to locate at first so you need a good atlas..and that tripod would help...They are fainter than M31 but should be possible as they are high up to the North at the moment.

Let us know if you find them..

Mark

Cheers Mark.. Will try and find them next time I'm out!!

[Zul]

Congrats ! Try to check m44 it looks nice throuh binos

[Grunthos]

Shall buy a metal one off the net for when I get it

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Buy one from Strathspey. I've got a few. Good solid adapter for about £10.

[BinocularSky]

Buy one from Strathspey. I've got a few. Good solid adapter for about £10.

I agree, excellent VFM adaptor -- but it's significantly cheaper to get it via his eBay shop (user name: unixnerd) than from the Strathspey web site.

[crashtestdummy]

this post freaked me out as today i also had my first night with some 15x70's!!!

i tried to get somewhere with as little light polution as possible but still nowhere near dark and the moon was poarticularly bright which doesnt help but i could easily pick out the clusters below orions belt(m42 etc).the first thing that amazed me was how many more stars there are than you see with the naked eye,even with not very dark skies.i did find out a few things from an hours observing tonight-my cheap asda tripod is nowhere near up to the job-i need to find some darker sites to view from-i need a nightview torch-i need a decent chair-i need shorter eyelashes:rolleyes:

totally hooked though,i was from the first view out of the bedroom window.sounds equally the same for you too matey:icon_salut:

[Hermit]

All positive words about the 15x70, I have a pair myself and, especially for the price, are excellent. I can't believe that they are currently available on Amazon for £53.20 inc delivery!!

In terms of what you can see, I've seen M81 and M82 under the dark skies of Cornwall, along with M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (which looked like an oval blob but the shape was unmistakable).

Would definitely recommend a metal adaptor, got mine for £10 from Telescopes and Binoculars from one of the UK'S premier specialists.

[JJoolz]

Yeah I ended up getting a metal adapter and a tripod

Tripod isn't the best.. but I didn't expect that as it I didn't pay top bucks for it.

Glad I got the metal adapter.. after setting it up I'm sure the plastic one would have just snapped in half after about 5mins

Still throroughly enjoying it.. and referring to crashtestdummy your spot on.. aren't they great? For every 1 star you see with the naked eye about 40 pop up around it in the binos. Love it.