which canon binoc are best for stargazing?
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The site http://www.garyseronik.com/?q=node/25 has a very nice comparison of all of Canon's IS binoculars for stargazing. In summary, these are not the authors favorites (he prefers the 10x42 Ls or 15x50) but they will certainly work. I am considering these due to their combination of high magnification, decent (not great) optics, and light weight.By going to a telescope (and I mean a decent sized reflector, not a tiny $50 refractor from a department store) you are not necessarily getting a large increase in magnification; it depends on the eyepiece being used. But you are getting a lot more light gathering power to see faint objects. Many people into stargazing will have both binoculars and a larger telescope. The site http://www.garyseronik.com/?q=node/25 has a very nice comparison of all of Canon's IS binoculars for stargazing. In summary, these are not the authors favorites (he prefers the 10x42 Ls or 15x50) but they will certainly work. I am considering these due to their combination of high magnification, decent (not great) optics, and light weight.By going to a telescope (and I mean a decent sized reflector, not a tiny $50 refractor from a department store) you are not necessarily getting a large increase in magnification; it depends on the eyepiece being used. But you are... » Read More The site http://www.garyseronik.com/?q=node/25 has a very nice comparison of all of Canon's IS binoculars for stargazing. In summary, these are not the authors favorites (he prefers the 10x42 Ls or 15x50) but they will certainly work. I am considering these due to their combination of high magnification, decent (not great) optics, and light weight.By going to a telescope (and I mean a decent sized reflector, not a tiny $50 refractor from a department store) you are not necessarily getting a large increase in magnification; it depends on the eyepiece being used. But you are getting a lot more light gathering power to see faint objects. Many people into stargazing will have both binoculars and a larger telescope. « Show Less
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I can't answer concerning other binoculars. The 12X36 binoculars are not good for stargazing. For that I would think you would need to look at telescopes. These Canon binoculars are good for looking at the moon, but not stars.
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What are you trying to achieve in your star gazing? Although 12 x 36 IS are helpful, optics that let in more light i.e. bigger diameter front lenses, are necessaary for faint objects. However, if you are hoping to see nebulae, galactic clusters, Messier objects, or galaxies, no binocular is good enough. For that activity you need large and powerful telescopes. My Canon binocs are great for bird watching and boating, or for folks who have difficulty holding anything steady. Remember that if you fall into the trap of high magnification, as the primary concern, any slight movement on your part is magnified by the same amount. My telescopes are 60 x 70 and a large 18 inch dia. Even those, securely mounted, are barely able to capture some of the astronomical wonders I would like to see.
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Although I am just in love with these binoculars, they are a little light in power magnification for star gazing. I could see the moon off of Jupiter with them, and the craters of the moon are great, but stars would need something more powerful.
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Don't see a binocular listed at $58 on Amazon. If the questioner could give the name and number, (e.g., Celestron 7332 Nature DX 8X42), I'll take a stab at an answer.
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The Dolica 68" tripod is the best tripod I own and I own a lot of them! It is an all-around great tripod. I use the Celestron 15x70 binoculars on it and it handles them wonderfully even when the tripod is extended all the way up and you're looking straight up at the night sky. What you really need, however, is a decent binocular to tripod mount because the plastic one that comes with the Celestron binoculars is no good at all and it causes an uncontrollable amount of image shake. It is hard to believe that such a thing would make much difference but it makes a HUGE difference. I bought the Barska tripod adapter on Amazon for $9.95 and it is solid. Hope this helps.... Clear Skies! The Dolica 68" tripod is the best tripod I own and I own a lot of them! It is an all-around great tripod. I use the Celestron 15x70 binoculars on it and it handles them wonderfully even when the tripod is extended all the way up and you're looking straight up at the night sky. What you really need, however, is a decent binocular to tripod mount because the plastic one that comes with the Celestron binoculars is no good at all and it causes an uncontrollable amount of image shake. It is hard to believe that such a thing would make much difference but it makes a HUGE difference. I bought... » Read More The Dolica 68" tripod is the best tripod I own and I own a lot of them! It is an all-around great tripod. I use the Celestron 15x70 binoculars on it and it handles them wonderfully even when the tripod is extended all the way up and you're looking straight up at the night sky. What you really need, however, is a decent binocular to tripod mount because the plastic one that comes with the Celestron binoculars is no good at all and it causes an uncontrollable amount of image shake. It is hard to believe that such a thing would make much difference but it makes a HUGE difference. I bought the Barska tripod adapter on Amazon for $9.95 and it is solid. Hope this helps.... Clear Skies! « Show Less
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You can use them to look at stars and star clusters any time you have a clear night. The ocean is more likely to be cloudy, but it can be clear too. 16x binoculars are great for looking at specific smaller targets, like star clusters and nebula and galaxies. If you want to look at the constellations, a 7x35 would be better. If you want to see planets, you need a telescope. Each star will look brighter, but you won't see detail on them.
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I have used this binoculars to stargazing...but's it's really not like a telescope. I use it mainly to watch birds.
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Thank you for your inquiry. Because the Dobsonian base is not suitable for long exposure photography the optical tubes are optimized for visual use and therefore will not reach focus with most cameras and imagers. The best choices would be either StarShoot USB Eyepiece or the DeepSpace Video Eyepiece. Otherwise you can do what is known as afocal photography by clamping a small camera or cellphone and using one of our SteadyPix products and shooting the eyepiece image.
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Night sky pictures can be tricky. You need a tripod to avoid camera shake because of the long exposure. Even pressing the shutter button will create enough shake to cause blurry results. I usually use the shutter delay to assure that the camera is very steady after I have pressed the button. Next you'll need to have the correct camera settings. If you haven't learned manual mode you'll need to learn that. First thing is, you'll want to set your lens for manual focus. Focus all the way out to infinity. The ideal settings for night sky and milky way shots is having a wide open aperture (the f/#). Forr your 18-55 that will be f/3.5. This allows the maximum light to enter your lens. Next you'll want to set your ISO. You'll want to go as high as you can without degrading the image with high ISO noise. With the t5 I would go any higher than 1600. Next you want to set your shutter speed. I shoot my milky way pictures at 30 sec exposures. If you keep your shutter open any longer than that, you'll start to get star trails. And shorter than that and you're losing potentiolal light. Next you want to zoom out as wide as you can go. The most important thing is the f/# the lower the better. Besides that, it will be a combination of ISO and shutter speed. I used the 10-18 f.4.5-5.6 lens and wasn't pleased with my results because the aperture doesn't open wider than f/4.5 the only advantage youd have with this lens is that you can zoom out to 10mm which is fun. I ended up returning my 10-18 lens and saved a little more money to get a lightly used Tokina 11-16 f/2.8. I'm blown away at the clarity of this lens. And the f/2.8 aperture let's in 2x as much light. I hope all of this helps you. Once you get that first successful night shot, you'll be addicted. Good luck
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try the 24-105mm f/4l, its in a simalar price range and might be better suited, or the sigma 70-200 2.8 OS is probably best
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I'd start with a good 2X Barlow lens. It doubles the mag of all your other eyepieces...
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Yes, it is great for night stars shots, especially Milky way and Northern light shots. The lens is sharp to the corner even at F/2.8. It is better to use the LCD screen of the camera to focus, using only infinity may not be the sharpest.
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If you are going to be a serious skywatcher/ stargazer, I would upgrade to a better telescope for sure. But if you bought the celestron firstscope for your children or grandchildren, just to get them interested in the universe around us, I would replace the lenses. Celestron may replace the broken lenses for you
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If you're asking about photographing the stars, then (in my opinion) it doesn't have enough magnification. It's a "normal" lens, not a telephoto which is typically used for that. If you're asking if it's good in low light, then the answer is yes, sort of. For the price it's great. It's sharp wide open (at f2.4). Some faster lenses that go down to f1.4 aren't sharp at that aperture, so they end up being usable only at f2.4 to f2.8. Dollar for dollar this is a very good lens.
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For planetary imaging.... That depends on the aperture of your scope. You'll get better images with a smaller scope and a DSLR -- like a Canon EOS camera and BackyardEOS. But, the ZWO is hard to beat if you have a big Schmidt-Cassegrain or a Newtonian. For deep sky stuff, the ZWO is fun to tinker with, but it's not a deep sky imager.
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Hello, I would say the images for me are the same as I have the basic eyepieces and two sets of as you need two sets for the bino viewers but what I like is the eye relief that you get when looking through them and a almost 3d effect like you get when looking through binoculars. If you can afford it I would highly recomend it, not for just yourself but for other viewers as well. I have a Celestron 8SE and looking at Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, well its pretty awesome. My plan is to do astrophotography, if I was really into eyepieces I would go with the two inch and some nice Nagler eyepieces. Hope this helps, Good luck and dark skies. Hello, I would say the images for me are the same as I have the basic eyepieces and two sets of as you need two sets for the bino viewers but what I like is the eye relief that you get when looking through them and a almost 3d effect like you get when looking through binoculars. If you can afford it I would highly recomend it, not for just yourself but for other viewers as well. I have a Celestron 8SE and looking at Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, well its pretty awesome. My plan is to do astrophotography, if I was really into eyepieces I would go with the two inch and some nice Nagler... » Read More Hello, I would say the images for me are the same as I have the basic eyepieces and two sets of as you need two sets for the bino viewers but what I like is the eye relief that you get when looking through them and a almost 3d effect like you get when looking through binoculars. If you can afford it I would highly recomend it, not for just yourself but for other viewers as well. I have a Celestron 8SE and looking at Saturn, Jupiter, the moon, well its pretty awesome. My plan is to do astrophotography, if I was really into eyepieces I would go with the two inch and some nice Nagler eyepieces. Hope this helps, Good luck and dark skies. « Show Less
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Long exposures with this telescope would be frustratingly difficult. Spend more money and move into the professional series of scopes with massive equatorial mountings and move to a location where light pollution is minimal. Your camera is a good choice, though.
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For Night Sky viewing you want a 50 mm lens or better.. like a 8X50 or so.. need bright lens to view stars or planets.. get the best you can afford. Tasco makes a good night vision binocular at a good price
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Thank you very much indeed. The zoom binocular by Pentax has one, good for looking at the stars.