Being citybound under light polluted skies has forced me to take what is given to me as an astronomer and one of those opportunities has been the moon. The last time I got serious about observing the moon was when I began astronomy some nearly … oops! Let's just say a long time, ago. Friday night, though, I cheated a bit, though. I could see the full moon through my walk out window and since it was cold and windy, well, I just got a pillow, laid out on the floor, grabbed my
Nikon Prostar 7x50 binocular and my moon map and oberved through the glass. Not as pure an observering approach as I usually practice with my
binoculars, but, then, I am getting old. Right? Either that, or those
astronomy binoculars are gaining weight like the rest of this holiday season.