Coronado BinoMite II

[The Mangler]

Wow, the first thread...

This isn't so much a review as a "what else is out there" post.

I have the Coronado BinoMite II White Light Solar binoculars (12x60). I've been doing most of my observing with them lately because while the weather is perfect during the day, it's too cloudy at night.
You can see the sun spots very well with these, but not any of the solar flares (you need a H-alpha filter for that). So far (I've had them for about 4 months) I like them very much. The sun is the only thing you can see with them, everything else is just black (because of the filters, which look like mirrors)

Are there any binoculars that have a H-alpha filter on them? I have not seen any...

[Dragon Star]

Nope, I don't believe they make a H-A filter for binoculars, be cool if they did though.

[Darryl]

I was wondering the same thing after seeing the BinoMites. The H-Alpha systems are much more delicate, and I think there could be durability issues for H-Alpha Binoculars.

[The Mangler]

Well, I was planning on getting one of the Coronado PSTs anyway... It seems like inventory is pretty low on the H-Alpha model though. Are they discontinuing it in favor of the Ca-K?
You were saying in the other thread that the Ca-K was best for photography (and not all that great for observation), everything I've read seems to concur with that (not to say that the Ca-K is not any good, just not as cool as the H-Alpha). I would still like to have the Ca-K model, but in a perfect world I would have both. I hope they plan of keeping it around.

Maybe this belongs in the Solar Observing topic, but it was this conversation that got me thinking about it...

[Darryl]

Originally Posted by The Mangler

Well, I was planning on getting one of the Coronado PSTs anyway... It seems like inventory is pretty low on the H-Alpha model though. Are they discontinuing it in favor of the Ca-K?
You were saying in the other thread that the Ca-K was best for photography (and not all that great for observation), everything I've read seems to concur with that (not to say that the Ca-K is not any good, just not as cool as the H-Alpha). I would still like to have the Ca-K model, but in a perfect world I would have both. I hope they plan of keeping it around.

Maybe this belongs in the Solar Observing topic, but it was this conversation that got me thinking about it...

I can't see Coronado discontinuing the PST unless it was just a redesign or something. The Cak is a totally different wavelength of light and not nearly as nice to look through visually as the H-Alpha PST. The Coronado Cak is designed mainly for photographic use.

If we keep talking about these scopes we could move our discussion over to the solar observing forum.

[sunofsky]

do you think that binocular is useful in nite sky watching, are there any upcoming technologis to show us a great view of stars in the night through a little binocular ( since our world is going to accept nanotechnology )

sunil

[The Mangler]

Originally Posted by sunofsky

do you think that binocular is useful in nite sky watching, are there any upcoming technologis to show us a great view of stars in the night through a little binocular ( since our world is going to accept nanotechnology )

sunil

I think a binocular is very usefull for night sky watching.
Yeah, it woun't get you as close as a telescope, but wide fields of view are usefull too.

I don't know of any upcoming technology that will drastically improve binoculars, but who can tell what the future holds?

[sunofsky]

thanks mangler for your interests in telescopes and binaculars too, and you have added the informatiopn about the technogy is yet to come in the field of its updations etc.

for how many hours do you watch the sky in the night ? ( casually asking)

sunil

[The Mangler]

When I go out to look through the telescope, I usually stay out there anywhere from 2 to 6 hours. Depends on the weather, what I'm looking at, and how tired I am.

[ozzmoziz]

i like to go out to for a few hrs min 2 hrs to 6 or more to if am not to drunk kidding tired... reminds me last year i was up north in st- jovet and there was only 1/4 of a moon and that was too much light for me the sky was wonderfull "my god its full of stars"