SingAstro

Hello and welcome to the forum! Binoculars are very good for beginners because they are extremely easy and intuitive to use and also because they offer very wide field of views, which means finding targets in the sky is much easier than with a higher powered telescope. However, because binoculars ar...

Hello and welcome to the forum! Binoculars are a great way to start astronomy and in Singapore they can be quite amazing because to look through a decent pair is to see so many more stars than we can with just our naked eyes! Punggol is still a nice place to view from because there are places where ...

I saw this while browsing another forum - if anyone is interested this is actualy quite a good deal since the mount itself is about USD 200. I've never used the Vixen 80mf but Vixen has a good reputation and a long focal length achromat should be very forgiving on eyepieces as well as chromatic aber...

Hello! I think quite a few of us here ship via comgateway. Be warned that their servers were breached: DBS called me to tell me there were fradulent transactions on my credit card linked from comgateway. Thankfully that was stopped before any damage was done My other back credit card which was used ...

Hello! How old are the kids? Binos are a great way to start and in fact my starter pair of 10x50s are still well used but one issue is keeping the target in the view: if your kids are too young to find the target themselves, then it's challenging to keep the binos pointed in the right place without ...

Don't pirate :) After all, its not as if its an expensive or unaffordable app, especially the basic version which is anything but basic. Besides, they do update the app periodically and minor bodies such as comets are included in these updates for the Plus and above My personal opinion is that the b...

Hello! One of the simplest ways to familiarize yourself with the night sky is to download a freeware such as Stellarium. It will show you (on an iphone or a computer) where things are in the sky. I used to bring my laptop to the window with me and try to identify hitherto invisible star patterns wit...

Hello and welcome to the forum! As the above authors have already said, most telescopes are not made to be waterproof but most scopes will be able to withstand a fair amount of humidity and condensation which are very common nocturnal conditions, even in relatively inland or temperate climates. The ...

I've enjoyed about 3 years of good service of my Nikon Action Ex 10x50. It was a good binocular when I first bought it. Has been treated with care but of late I've noticed an increase in coma in the center of the FOV when looking at stars - just enough to be slightly unpleasant. So I brought it to t...

Hello! I'm looking for a cheap but decent eyepiece in the 8-12mm range to match with an ST80 I'm lending a friend on a long term basis. Preferably a Plossl but will consider other designs but not interested in Huygens or Kelleners . Looking to spend about $20 or so. If you have a bit of spare gear y...