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Why Binoscopes?

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Building and Using Binoscopes

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Just about all of us enjoy learning about the universe and looking at all of its celestial wonders through a telescope. It can be a lot of fun and educational at the same time. But when it comes wanting to see more in the night sky than just observing with a single telescope, then that’s when you start to think about getting a bigger telescope or even a big pair of binoculars. Using two eyes to view the universe with is perhaps the most satisfying way to enjoy astronomy. Using a pair of binoculars can certainly make your observing experience a lot more satisfying. But what about using a binoscope or binocular telescope to observe the heavens with?

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    Norman Butler

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Butler, N. (2015). Why Binoscopes?. In: Building and Using Binoscopes. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07689-8_1

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