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glowjet

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Hi Bill and welcome to SGL, we do have a dedicated bino section and there are publications which deal with binocular Astronomy, the one I have is "Touring The Universe through Binoculars" Phillip. S Harris, there is a very interesting free down load of adjustable star maps on his web site, associated with the publication, but, of course, there are many other authors for you to research,  enjoy the forum :)

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DrRobin

DrRobin

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Hi Bill,

Welcome to SGL. There is at least three astro societies in your area which might be able to offer more advice on what to look for/equipment and as already mentioned the bino section on here. If you get away from the bright lights of Newcastle or Morpeth then a pair of binos will show plenty of nice objects.

My location, about 7 miles west of Newcastle has moderate light pollution and although I don't often use binos, I did find the comet earlier in the year with a pair of cheap pocket binos and of course you can see Jupiter and it's moons as well as just tell Saturn from it's oval shape.

Best of luck and enjoy the coming dark nights.

Robin

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