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Date: 11 May 2007 12:58:35
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Subject: Binocular Guide
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Hi,
For binocular astronomy, which one you will select from these two.
1. Binocular Astronomy by Craig Crossen & Wil Tirion
2. Touring the Universe through Binoculars by Philip S. Harrington
Can not decide myself as both these books seem to have many plus
points.So let me have your views please.
Anand.
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Date: 12 May 2007 17:59:10
From: Jim Klein
Subject: Re: Binocular Guide
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anandsiga@gmail.com wrote:
>Hi,
>
>For binocular astronomy, which one you will select from these two.
>
>1. Binocular Astronomy by Craig Crossen & Wil Tirion
>2. Touring the Universe through Binoculars by Philip S. Harrington
>
>Can not decide myself as both these books seem to have many plus
>points.So let me have your views please.
>
>Anand.
Contact Deutche Optic (in San Diego) and see if they have any WWII era
U.S. Navy 7x50 binoculars available.
I got one a couple of years ago. They are better than most modern
binoculars, the price is reasonable and you only need to be Charles
Atlas to hold them up to your eyes but the optical quality in mine is
beyond belief.
A pair of NAZI UBOAT night glasses would be my second choice. The
Germans were the bad guys but they did know how to do optics.
Jim
James E. Klein
jameseklein@earthlink.net
Engineering Calculations
http://www.ecalculations.com
ecalculations@ecalculations.com
Engineering Calculations is the home of
the KDP-2 Optical Design Program
for Windows.
1-818-507-5706 (Voice and Fax)
1-818-823-4121
"KDP2, not quite easy enough for a Caveman to use" :-)
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Date: 14 May 2007 11:58:42
From: Esmail Bonakdarian
Subject: Re: Binocular Guide
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Jim Klein wrote:
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> Contact Deutche Optic (in San Diego) and see if they have any WWII era
Deutsche Optik more likely, right?
(sounds like an interesting shop)
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Date: 12 May 2007 03:21:37
From:
Subject: Re: Binocular Guide
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On May 11, 3:58 pm, anands...@gmail.com wrote:
> For binocular astronomy, which one you will select from these two.
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> 1. Binocular Astronomy by Craig Crossen & Wil Tirion
> 2. Touring the Universe through Binoculars by Philip S. Harrington
They're totally different kinds of books. Both very highly
recommended.
- Tony Flanders
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Date: 11 May 2007 14:34:07
From: RMOLLISE
Subject: Re: Binocular Guide
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On May 11, 2:58 pm, anands...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For binocular astronomy, which one you will select from these two.
>
> 1. Binocular Astronomy by Craig Crossen & Wil Tirion
> 2. Touring the Universe through Binoculars by Philip S. Harrington
>
> Can not decide myself as both these books seem to have many plus
> points.So let me have your views please.
>
> Anand.
Get Phil's book...you won't be sorry.
Unk Rod
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Date: 11 May 2007 13:50:16
From: Florian
Subject: Re: Binocular Guide
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Hi Anand,
I have both books! I find Harrington's book more usable and friendly =
somehow. The Crossen/Tirion book has objects grouped by season but i =
prefer the constellation grouping that Harrington uses. Harrington's =
book also has a bit smaller page size with a single column of type on =
each page. I find this easier to use and find things in than the larger =
Crossen/Tirion book with two columns of type per page. Both books have =
lots of interesting descriptions of objects. The Crossen/Tirion book =
includes a reduced size version of the Bright Star Atlas but i don't =
find it very useful. I'd rather use a full-size version of the atlas.=20
.Florian
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