New moon this last week and for me that means time for the
astronomy binoculars. That's the good news. The bad news is no clear sky, so far, so patience is in order. My favorite
astronomy binocular target for spring? Really tough to beat the Beehive on a spring evening in a good astronomy binocular. The view is not as brilliant as the Pleiades in my
Nikon 10x70 Astroluxe, but the Beehive has an understated, elegant charm and it certainly fills more of the sky. When sitting on the patio with my
binocular trained on the Beehive I can't help but remember darker skies back on the prairie when I could just glimpse this famous open star cluster without a binocular. Still, it is comforting just to see it at all with all my Chicago light pollution.