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Best skywatching equipment at my disposal:

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One or more eyes -- that's all

8332 votes / 41%

I have a handheld monocular or binoculars

4948 votes / 24%

My own telescope, convenient to carry

1751 votes / 8%

My own telescope, inconvenient to carry

2956 votes / 14%

My friends' much better equipment

711 votes / 3%

Easy/regular access to institutional scope

464 votes / 2%

I run the planetarium

966 votes / 4%

20128 total votes.

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by coldsalmon ( 946941 ) writes: on Tuesday January 21, 2014 @10:18AM (#46024155)

My eye has the largest field of view of any of those options, and is the most portable. However, I went with my binoculars because they are better for viewing the Andromeda galaxy than my naked eye (or a telescope). I live in a large city and have to go on camping trips in order to stargaze, so binoculars are by far the best equipment for my needs. A couple of my friends have telescopes, but they are nearly useless in town, and too large to take camping.

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