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    1. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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      Nice view of Jupiter and moons from balcony (15x70 celestron skymaster binolculars... heavy beast). Saturn is neaby too but too hard to get a good view due to shakiness and turbulence. I bet I’d see at least an elongated smear with a tripod, though not resolve rings.

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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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      *Really* tempted to buy a telescope. Haven’t owned one since high school. But new place has huge big sky view... lots of sky visible even with LA light pollution. Also just a mike from Griffith observatory so could always lug it up there.

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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      Viewpic.twitter.com/fcbWhu1fCr

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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      High school scope was a 3.5” budget Newtonian. Now I’d probably shell out for a 6” Schmidt-Cassegrain at least.

      8:54 PM - 28 Jul 2020
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        2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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          😛https://www.celestron.com/products/nexstar-6se-computerized-telescope …

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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          Optical instruments are the only thing I truly lust after

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        4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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          Feeling oddly more cheerful and calmer thanks to my binocular astronomy session tonight. I’d forgotten the feeling. The last time I had a favorable home-based observing situation was 1990. Since then either obstructions or light pollution or cloudy/bad weather has interfered

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        5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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          I’ve misplaced my tripod adapter for the binoculars in the move though

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        2. Chuck Beretz‏ @ChuckBeretz Jul 28
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          Replying to @vgr

          I have an 8" reflector with an onboard database and clockdrive. It's a magnificent 'scope but an ill thought-out purchase. I live in a lot of light pollution and don't escape it enough to give the telescope some real use.

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        3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr Jul 28
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          Replying to @ChuckBeretz

          Sadly the case in much of the US. The best conditions are far from cities

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          Man, do it. Heals the heart.

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