
Binoculars for Astronomy: Ultimate Guide to Selecting and Buying
Ordinary binoculars are your ideal "first telescope." And they're so versatile that even seasoned stargazers find them indispensable.

Binoculars: Guides and Recommendations
Power and Aperture in Binoculars
They come in a wide range of apertures. But for astronomy, large aperture is only part of the story. High magnification is just as important when binoculars are used on a night sky that's not absolutely dark.

Binocular Blogs
Binocular stargazing has a peaceful, organic quality that's hard to achieve through a telescope. Here's a list of some blogs the author has written on this subject.

Binoculars: Guides and Recommendations
Binoculars vs. Starblast, Redux
How do 15x70 binoculars hold up against a genuinely inexpensive telescope?

Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
Binoculars Part III: One Eye Versus Two
Binoculars are qualitatively different from telescopes with identical aperture.

Three Binoculars: Part II
Binoculars' strengths and weaknesses are intimately connected.

Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
A Tale of Three Binoculars: Part I
There's a big difference between 10x50 and 15x70 binoculars.

Choosing Your Astronomy Equipment
Testing Stargazing Binoculars
How do you choose the right binocular for stargazing? Here's our expert's easy-to-do, step-by-step test.

Binoculars: Guides and Recommendations
Binocular Basics: Glossary of Binocular Terms
Exit pupils. Eye relief. Image stabilization. What matters most for astronomers? Our expert explains it all.