Binocular Highlights: 99 Celestial Sights for Binocular Users (Sky & Telescope Stargazing) | 
|  | | | Title: | Binocular Highlights: 99 Celestial Sights for Binocular Users (Sky & Telescope Stargazing) | | Author: | Gary Seronik | | Publisher: | Sky Publishing | | Type: | Book / Spiral-bound | | Publication Date: | 01 May, 2007 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1931559430 / 9781931559430 | | List Price: | $24.95 | | You Save: | $8.48 | | Amazon Price: | $16.47 | |
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Customer Reviews:
• Great Book 25 February, 2008
This is a great book for anyone interested in what can be observed with binoculars in the skys above. It list object by the seasons of the year , each has a good sky map to find them. It gives good information about what they are and what they look like. It's brief, but covers the objects well, and the book is made to take out with you. Great buy for the money.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A124XOAV4S8PQC
• Not Stellar, But Useful 20 January, 2008
I have been satisfied, but not overwhelmed with the book. I do like the charts, which always highlight the field of view for typical 10x50s. And the writer sometimes notes nearby objects along with the one on hand. But I agree with a previous reviewer that page space is not always used well. I'd say it's worth the price, especially if you're new to the pastime. I'd also recommend it for anyone using a small "department store" telescope; stay with the low-power eyepiece, and enjoy the sights from this book. Note that some "small telescope" books (say, Consolmagno & Davis) include most of the same objects, and highlight their binocular visibility-.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2TPZNR2ZFFQ8J
• Gary Needs God! 03 March, 2008
Read Gary Seronik's introduction only if you've been looking for a reason to commit suicide. "When the view is fine...we are transported far from our daily cares and concerns, into the true vastness and AWFUL INDIFFERENCE of the universe." Then he quotes a Frenchman: "The greatest mystery is not that we have been FLUNG AT RANDOM between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within THIS PRISON we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to DENY OUR NOTHINGNESS." A page and a half into the handbook and I almost want to chuck it--and my binoculars--and my life--out the window! Fortunately, my faith informs me that we have value and meaning and purpose, that our existence is not random, so I guess I'll proceed to page three.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3G2GM3CF604B0
• Star Gazing 07 April, 2008
I thought it would have information about planets. Very difficult to understand unless you really know what you're doing.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3EMMAXAFKISWS
• Good For Telescopes, Too 14 May, 2008
Although the book is aimed at binocular observers, it also makes a nice, portable "best of the sky" guide for people with small telescopes or anyone just starting out with a telescope. It's particularly attractive for those of us who like to take a telescope when we travel. Travel telescopes are usually small, and often we're using them to show the wonders of the sky to interested friends, relatives, or fellow travelers. That means that most of the time we're going to be looking at the best and brightest celestial objects, and the 99 chosen here are a great start for experienced observers and probably all that newcomers will need for a while. The book folds flat and has just one or two objects per page so it's easy to use and not at all intimidating or overwhelming. I like it better as a telescopic observing guide than many of the guides written just for telescope users.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3NNM295B5M7T3
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