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| Apr 10, 2018 at 15:22 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | They make adjustable T sticks for holding your binoculars steady. -Not sure what name you'd have to search for to find them. But they beat heck out of having to find a wall, tree or rock to lean up against. | |
| Apr 10, 2018 at 15:19 | comment | added | Wayfaring Stranger | If you really want a scope, get one of those short Cassegrains or Maksutovs, or whatever design is popular right now. Simple Newtonians and most inexpensive refractors tend to be too long for easy portability. | |
| Apr 8, 2018 at 19:19 | comment | added | AtmosphericPrisonEscape | Of course with zoom, you also want to think about a decent mounting, as all disturbances will be magnified by zoom as well. | |
| Apr 8, 2018 at 14:46 | comment | added | David Hammen | For example, $36 will buy a nice (but not great) 7x50 pair of binoculars. | |
| Apr 8, 2018 at 10:42 | history | edited | James K | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 8, 2018 at 8:10 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 3.0 |