New moon over the weekend gave me a chance to do some much needed and long neglected
binocular astronomy. How does life manage to interfere so much when it comes to the things I love? I'm sure we all wonder this very same thing, from time to time. Anyway, I did get the
Nikon Astroluxe 10x70 out and put it on the
binocular tripod for some serious detail work on some open clusters and double stars. Nothing I haven't seen many, many times, before, but just a refreshing tour of one of my favorite binocular areas of the night sky. The only nagging thought that interfered was knowing I will soon be moving to a better location and even a darker sky. The old, "if this is good, the new spot should even be better" kept me from enjoying what I had before me and that is a shame.