Quote Originally Posted by smalltoke
Hey, that sounds transformative, I will definitly try that out.

Ive always loved the stars.

anyways, staykeep:rastasmoke:.
Great! I hope you do try it!

The best binoculars for looking at the sky are ones with big front lenses, but not too much magnification power. The big front lenses bring in more light and make the stars brighter, and the low power makes them easier to hold steady and also makes the stars brighter. A great standard set of binos for looking at the stars is 7x50. The numbers work like this: 7x is the magnification power, so things look about 7x bigger, and the 50 is the size of the front lenses, 50 mm. Another decent type would be 7x42 or 6x42. Then they make some really big ones like 8x56 or 9x63, but those are kind of expensive specialty binos exclusively for looking at stars --- more likely you'll already have a smaller pair or be able to borrow one.

Too small does not work well --- like the little 8x24 pocket binos do not work well at night.

The general rule of thumb is if you take the big last number and divide it by the smaller first number it should be as big as possible, around 7. So for 7x50 binos, 50/7 = 7.1 --- pretty good. For 7x42 binos, 42/7 = 6 --- still decent. For 8x24 binos, 24/8 = 3 --- not good.

Anyway, all that is just to help you decide what to bring with you. If I were you, I wouldn't run out an buy anything unless you really wanted to. I'd just use whatever you already have or borrow the biggest pair you can find. And if they aren't the best pair in the world, just kick back and look at the sky with your naked eyes --- that's always good too.

Have fun!