Target: Moon
Date: 16/10/10
I cant remember the phase of the moon at that time, I believe it was half moon(more or less). I take note some of the craters that I observed through this binocular. Below is the craters that I identified on 16/10/10:
Plato diameter 101 km
exodus diameter 67 km
aristoteles diameter 87 km
copernicus diamter 93km
tycho diameter 85km
I also observed montes apeninus which located on the 'north east' of Copernicus.
Target: Jupiter
Date: no specific date
October/November this year is the best time to observe Jupiter. Jupiter rules the sky every night in this month. It is so obvious even in 'high polluted*' area such as London. Through celestron upclose 10x50, you can see Jupiter's Galilean moon so easily. So far I have observed Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. I am not able to spot Io, probably because its position that are so close to Jupiter. There are some reviews on astronomy forum claimed that they are able to see Io through 10x50 bino. Probably during my observations, Io is not 'there' ie left/right of Jupiters.I cant observe any details on Jupiter, not even with binocular 20x80 that I tried during the baker street astronomy society public observation earlier this month.
Conclusion:
During public observation in Reagent Park on 8th of November, I got an opportunity to try 'more expensive' binoculars from the other members of the society. I cant tell the different between the quality of the image that I saw through other binoculars and my cheap celestron binocular. Hence, I truly satisfied with Celestron Upclose 10x50. Because its a bit heavy compare to the other 10x50 bino, I plan to buy tripod and tripod adapter so I don't need to hold it during observation.
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