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Where can I try out Celestron binoculars out before I buy them in Australia?

Hello Mr. Smith

1. I looked on Celestron.com and they only list 1 dealer, who is probably a distributer. See their info below.

Give them a call, or an email, asking for their closest retailer to you, and their largest retailer in your general area.
Call the retailers and see if they stock the binoculars that you are interested in.

2. You can also Google “Celestron binocular Australia”. That may toss up a whole smack of retailers, and possibly some close to you.

DISTRIBUTER INFO:
Sheldon and Hammond

Address: 22-24 Salisbury Rd
City: Asquith
State: NSW
Postal Code: 2077
Country: AUSTRALIA
Phone Number: (02) 9482-6666
Fax Number: (02) 9482-1996

http://www.sheldonandhammond.com.au/

info@sheldonandhammond.com.au

15×70 Celestron Skymaster binoculars in the UK?
I’m looking to get a pair of the 15×70 Celestron Skymaster Binoculars for stargazing. The thing is, I’ve looked around the internet and found one on Amazon.com for about $60. Then I looked on Amazon.co.uk, and they were far more expensive.

I’m just wondering, is there any site where I can these for a low a price as possible in the UK.

Many thanks in advance.

Before you go spending any money, I should probably warn you that 15×70 is too big. The first number, the 15, that’s the magnification but what you have to remember is that everything is magnified 15 times. That includes little vibrations and even if you have really steady hands, you wouldn’t be able to hold them steady enough to get a good image. You could get around this by mounting them on a tripod but then you have to lug a tripod around.
70mm of aperture is also too much because while they are light buckets, they would be pretty damn heavy. Probably too heavy to hold comfortably for long periods of time, and certainly too heavy to hold steady which brings you back to the first problem.
I own a pair of Nikon 10×50′s and they are excellent I wouldn’t go any bigger than that.

celestron 15×70 binoculars are good for astronmy what good features does it have etc.?
i want to get them but what would you expect me to see in the night sky with them i live in the city but i know a couple of places which are dark so just cerious what would i see and is it worth it or just dont buy it and save up for telescope help plz! thanks.

I have the Celestron 15×70 and to be honest they are far from being my favourite binos.
My 10×50 Helios are sharper and have more contrast and they cost less. I use those more than any other.
You can rig up a mount easily for binos. No point spending hundreds of dollars on something you can make for $40 or even for free if you have some materials around.
Only three of my eight telescope mounts are bought, and I have two home made binocular mounts.
The big parallogram bino mount for my 20x80s was made from an old pair of skis and a tall pier with a heavy base discarded from a dress shop.
Here are some shop ones…with prices…groan…..
http://www.bigbinoculars.com/pmounts.htm . . .
Here is a home made one but the tripod looks a bit inadequate for it with that small head.
http://members.ziggo.nl/jhm.vangastel/Astronomy/binocs/binocs.htm . . . .

Good quality 10x50s , a folding camping chair and a groundsheet to lie on are the best compromise for astronomy.
And a flask of hot coffee. I take a portable stove for long sessions.
Fresh cheesy egg toasties, and fresh hot coffee.

In the city you’re better with a telescope on medium to high power to darken the sky. That’s one of the major functions of using higher powers. You can get light pollution filters that screw into the eyepieces but they are not particularly cheap for decent ones.
Binos are not good with city lights in the sky especially 10x50s which are ideal for seeing things in low light. The 15×70 are even worse, being even better for seeing in low light. Ironic isn’t it, but for astronomy you need something to darken the background light not increase it as low power wide aperture binos do which gives them a good twilight factor for ground observations such as spotting wildlife in moonlight.
It’s that factor which makes them so good for astronomy in dark skies. It’s why faint nebulae are visible in good contrasty 10x50s or other astro binos, as long as the sky background brightness allows it.
I’m lucky. I live in a small village on an island with only one large town, and on the mainland (‘across, we call it) it would be a small town, and it’s ten miles away, but I still see the difference when our village street lights are off at 1am. A park a couple of miles away helps, and it’s got picnic tables. Very handy to lie on, spread star maps, write notes, cook, eat, be happy.
My western horizon is on the avatar piccie.
Hopefully it’ll have Venus showing on the next picture of it which is ideally placed now but I’m still waiting for a clear evening.
We don’t get many good nights in a year but when we get them they are superb.

What can you see with Celestron 25×100 Skymaster Giant Astronomy Binoculars?
Celestron 25×100 Skymaster Giant Astronomy Binoculars

can you see galaxies? Planets? stars?
Exit Pupil (mm): 4
Eye Relief (mm): 15
Near Focus (ft): 80

All three, to varying degrees.

You will see some galaxies, which will look like fuzzy blobs.

Planets will be non-stellar and vividly coloured. Saturn will have a pronounced oval shape. Jupiter’s 4 big moons will be obvious. Don’t expect much surface detail.

Stars. Lots of them. At this time of year the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula are religious experiences in big binoculars.

Are the celestron starmaster 25 by 70 binoculars good?
I plan to use them for astronomy. Also, what objects could I see with them, and what would be a good mount for them? Thanks.

Nothing special, like the Celestron 15×70 I have, but you’ll see some nebulae and get some good sights of compact star clusters.
They’re OK, not great, but to get high quality costs big bucks and the view is still impressive on a crisp clear night for smaller bucks so if you can accept the shortcomings of budget optics, which are still better than mid-price of a few years ago, then just be happy.
You’ll need to mount them on a tripod or a parallelogram binocular mount…
…a WHAT??
Errr, one of these. Sit down before you see the prices.
I made mine from an old pair of skis.
http://www.astronomybinoculars.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=UA-01105&click=2 . . .
Cheaper is the Orion mount at $170 if you can find one.
http://www.amazon.com/Orion-Paragon-Plus-Binocular-Mount-Tripod/dp/B003YJPDN8 . . . .
Home mades and shop-bought on videos. Worth a look to get ideas.
http://www.google.com/search?q=binocul%3Bar+parallelogram+mount&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=binocular+parallelogram+mount&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=zNH&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbs=vid:1&ei=pLliTdXKKY3g4wbBlL3DBA&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=3&ved=0CBoQ_AUoAg&bav=on.1,or.&fp=5e2b21bd614e0a97 . . . . .

Binocular answer with links….forget the shopping. It’s a long flight away.
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091020071654AAVvqW2 . . . .
Binos and astronomy
http://malaysia.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101021213356AAG4CDu . . . . .
http://www.uvaa.org/BinocularResources.htm . . . . .
Have fun

What do I need so that I can attach my camera to my binoculars?
I have celestron binoculars and an olympus slr camera.

This type of setup is called afocal photography. The whole camera is behind the binocular eye lens.
Decades ago there were braces and adapters to join a camera to binoculars. Minox miniature (spy-type) camera had a bracket to hold it behind one eyepiece.
Rolex, Yashica, and Mamiya twin lens (box-type) cameras were behind binoculars on a bracket, giving the same view in the finder portion as the picture taking portion.
A camera may be held behind any eye lens of any telescope (including binoculars (one half)) with a bracket from:

http://www.optcorp.com/productList.aspx?uid=105-182-186-440

http://www.telescope.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=5228

http://www.astronomyhints.com/digital_mount.html

Another type for higher magnification is called eyepiece projection. The camera lens is removed, and only the body with detector or film is used behind the eye lens.
If both the bino eye lens and the camera lens are removed, and the distance between the front bino lens and the camera’s detector plane is perfect, then that is prime focus photography.