>>>My regular old binocs are better than the naked eye, and fun, at times.
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>>I have a simple one bought years ago on sale at $149 that is much better that what Galileo had in his time. I can see the rings of Saturn, the phases of Venus and 4 moons of Jupiter.
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>ohhhh sounds nice...
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>>Now if I could get dark skies around here it would be nice!
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>yeah, that is a problem...I have quite a few lights around my place, but I can go just a few miles north to pretty much darkness. oc, the views of the sky from sea were incredible, but from a moving boat, pretty hard to see detail.
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>J

Hello Jill;

I can’t get far enough from the lights of San Jose, California to enjoy the night sky. It seems that people keep following me and build houses right next to where I stand. Too many people can be a pain! Wait! What about those rolling black outs? With a bit of timing I might be able to see the sky again! :)

Tom