As I have written, before, it is possible to do some limited astronomy with an
astronomy binocular through a picture window if the you don't attempt to view at too much of an angle. Too much of an angle when pointing the binocular produces too much distortion and, besides, very few windows allow you to see objects high overhead. There are exceptions, however. I discovered one the other night at my new home. At about 5 in the morning, I went downstairs to raid the refrigerator of a drink of orange juice and just happened to stop in our living room for a sip. I looked up through the high cathedral style windows in our home and was amazed to see Orion, high overhead, about 60 degrees up in the sky. What was even more remarkable was the lack of distortion through our windows, so I grabbed my compact binocular, a
Nikon Premier LX 10x25, since it was handy. The view of the Orion nebula was actually quite good. Hey, nothing like sitting on your living room couch and actually doing some astronomy. Okay, it also helps to live in an area with less light pollution when using either a
binocular or a
telescope.