Navigation

Recent Entries

Archieves



Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Mysterious moon through binoculars

Although the moon is located about 380,000 kilometers from Earth, it always drew people’s attention. It has been an object of emotional sentiment since ancient times. And yet many mysteries about the moon's history remain unsolved. Searching for answers, this summer Japan will launch moon observation satellites.
A pair of binoculars comes in handy if you want to see craters and other surface details on the moon on a clear night sky. Even 8x binoculars with lenses about 20 millimeters in diameter used for spectator sports and other occasions can serve this purpose. An interesting fact is that such binoculars are equivalent in performance to the telescope Galileo used 400 years ago, so you can fully enjoy watching the moon with them.
The moon revolves around Earth about once every 28 days. So, the next question that comes up is when is a good time to observe the moon? Well, to be honest with you, the moon looks different depending on the time.
When you find the moon and bring the binoculars to your eyes, adjust the focus as needed. To prevent you binoculars from shaking, make sure to hold them with both hands, and press the eyepieces lightly against the eyes without bringing your elbows up too much.
And you will discover views that you've never seen in your life and that differ from looking at pictures.
 
Read Comments [0] | 3:05 PM | Write comment

Earth Day with Binoculars

Happy Earth day to everyone (better late than never)! Get out of your homes, take your binoculars, digital camera binoculars, telescopes, spotting scopes, or whatever you have, and enjoy the beauty of this world!
It seems that celebrating nature is Michigan's official public policy. Recently somebody in the Legislature introduced a bill to raise fees for hunting and fishing licenses. It turns out that The Department of Natural Resources needs the money, so hunters and anglers have become the only people willing to supply it. A decade ago, the DNR needed the money, so the taxpayers provided a quarter of the money for them. At this time, general fund spending on the DNR is down to about 8%.
Elected representatives failing to meet their own obligations are asking hunters and anglers to take up the slack, not to violate the letter of the law.
 
Read Comments [0] | 3:02 PM | Write comment