[Chaos-l] rain and clouds

[E. Allen Davis]

I know you will enjoy these binocs.  I always had difficulty with binoculars for a number of reasons, but these new ones are perfect for me.  In fact, Don and I went to Medoc hoping for good skies Saturday.  We couldn't make up our minds whether to set up my big scope or not...we had had some rain and there were still clouds.  

So we opted to just use the binoculars a while....we could easily pick out Jupiters moons.

These also are VERY useful for daytime use....I really love them.

I know you will be very happy with these Michael.  allen

E. Allen Davis
 starstorm151 at embarqmail.com

 "M'Illumino              "I am enlightened
 D'Immenso"              by the immensity."

   -Ungaretti               -Ungaretti

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hrivnak" <mhrivnak at hrivnak.org>
To: "Chapel Hill Astronomical Observation Society" <chaos-l at rtpnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 2:20:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [Chaos-l] rain and clouds

A month ago when I tried Allen's 12x36 Canon IS binos, I nearly fell over when 
I pushed the magic button.  It was unreal!  I wrote about that experience in 
this observing report:

http://michaelsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/07/medoc-july-24.html

I'll be sure and write about first light with my pair as soon as it happens.  
If nothing else, I'm planning to go out to the Almost Heaven Star Party in 
less than three weeks, and I'll definitely bring them along.

Michael

On Monday 31 August 2009 02:09:20 pm Ned Light wrote:
> Nice pick up, when (if?) the skies clear, I look forward to a first light
> report. I have been considering a pair of image stablized  binocs for a
> while now.
>
> Ned
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Michael Hrivnak 
<mhrivnak at hrivnak.org>wrote:
> > Sorry, totally my fault.  A (new to me) pair of Canon 15x45 IS binoculars
> > arrived this morning.  They are quite magical when looking at terrestrial
> > targets, and I can't wait to point them skyward when the clouds clear
> > out. Might be a week or more before that happens though according to the
> > forecast.
> >
> > In any case, I am very excited.  This model was discontinued in favor of
> > the
> > 12x36 and 15x50 versions.  As a result, a used pair at 45mm can be had
> > for less money than a new 36mm.
> >
> > Michael
> >
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