Looking forward to the Thanksgiving weekend, not only for the traditonal visit with family and friends, but also for some astronomy. The moon will be new on Thanksgiving, so I'm thankful for that and I will be even more thankful if the sky is clear! Not complaining, mind you. This has been a relatively good fall for me and the
astronomy binocular with some clear skies for nearly all of the dark phases of the moon. In fact, my last session was the best ever in terms of sky conditions. Hope the streak continues, because I would like to field test some old favorites in the way of
affordable astronomy binoculars to see if they still have what it takes to do a good job. Okay, it's really an excuse to play some more, but why not? My list includes the
Nikon 10x50 Action Extreme which I rate as a best buy in a handheld astronomy binocular. For a true giant binocular, hard to beat the ever popular
Celestron 20x80 Skymaster on a good tripod.