{"id":9883,"date":"2021-08-23T23:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T23:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/?p=9883"},"modified":"2025-07-16T23:58:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T06:58:03","slug":"do-you-have-binoculars-heres-a-quick-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/do-you-have-binoculars-heres-a-quick-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have Binoculars? Here&#8217;s a quick lesson&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have binoculars? How about a quick science lesson?<\/p>\n<p>Go here for more astronomy lessons: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.SuperchargedScience.com\/stars\">www.SuperchargedScience.com\/stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two types of binoculars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ROOF PRISM are more compact and more expensive and make slightly dimmer images.<\/li>\n<li>PORRO PRISM have a zigzag shape and are heavier and bulkier, but better for astronomy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To focus your binoculars:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use central knob to focus the eyepiece that can\u2019t be adjusted, and then focus the other eyepiece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Example:\u00a0If you have a pair that are 7 x 50:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As magnification increases (the first number), object in your viewing area becomes bigger. For astronomy, get at least a 7.<\/li>\n<li>As the objective lens size (second number) gets bigger, more light gets in but the binoculars get bigger and heavier. Get at least a 35, if not 50.<\/li>\n<li>To use them for astronomy, remember to use low power, like 7&#215;50 or 10&#215;50.<\/li>\n<li>Lean against something if you are standing, like a car or a tree to steady yourself. (Use a lawn chair if you are sitting.)<\/li>\n<li>Use a simple mount with an L bracket if you find you can&#8217;t hold them steady enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the original Facebook Live video I created that demonstrates this and more:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/superchargedsci\/videos\/495390664387694\/\">www.facebook.com\/superchargedsci\/videos\/495390664387694\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have binoculars? How about a quick science lesson? Go here for more astronomy lessons: www.SuperchargedScience.com\/stars There are two types of binoculars: ROOF PRISM are more compact and more expensive and make slightly dimmer images. PORRO PRISM have a zigzag shape and are heavier and bulkier, but better for astronomy. To focus your binoculars: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homeschool-science-curriculum-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12647,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9883\/revisions\/12647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.superchargedscience.com\/ss2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}