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2. Best telescopes and binoculars for stargazing - AOL

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   While you don’t always need special gadgets to watch celestial events light up the sky, telescopes and binoculars allow you to get a better look at space-related phenomena. The summer is filled ...

3. See the World in Greater Detail with the Best Binoculars - AOL

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   We rounded up and tested models from trusted brands like Nikon, Nocs Provisions, and more—and these are well worth the investment. See the World in Greater Detail with the Best Binoculars Skip ...

4. Binoculars - Wikipedia

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   8×42 roof prism binoculars with rainguard and opened tethered lens caps. Binoculars or field glasses are two refracting telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects.

5. Amateur astronomy - Wikipedia

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   Amateur astronomers watch the night sky during the Perseid meteor shower.. Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes.

6. Monocular - Wikipedia

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   Galilean type Soviet-made miniature 2.5 × 17.5 monocular Diagram of a monocular using a Schmidt-Pechan prism: 1 – Objective lens 2 – Schmidt-Pechan prism 3 – Eyepiece. A monocular is a compact refracting telescope used to magnify images of distant objects, typically using an optical prism to ensure an erect image, instead of using relay lenses like most telescopic sights.

7. Astronomical seeing - Wikipedia

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   In astronomy, seeing is the degradation of the image of an astronomical object due to turbulence in the atmosphere of Earth that may become visible as blurring, twinkling or variable distortion. The origin of this effect is rapidly changing variations of the optical refractive index along the light path from the object to the detector.