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North Lincs astro meeting 1st August 2016
The speaker at the North Lincs astro society meeting tonight was Charles Thody, who gave an excellent talk on photography using a DSLR camera on its own and through a telescope..This was a back to basics talk that was both … Continue reading
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Visionary M10 10×50 monocular. A step up from 8×32
The Visionary 10×50 monocular was the natural step up for a customer who visited the Northern Optics weekend outlet, and already owned an Opticron 8×32 LER. They was looking for more magnification and clarity. The Visionary 10×50 ticked all the … Continue reading
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Optical Hardware illuminated reticle eyepiece OH337280
The Optical Hardware 12.5mm 1.25″ illuminated eyepiece has a twin crosshair reticle that can be adjusted for brightness. The battery section screws into the side of the eyepiece, and includes the batteries. This eyepiece can be purchased from Northern Optics who … Continue reading
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Olivon PC 8×42 binoculars. A good step up from 10×25 binoculars OL338058
The Olivon PC 8×42 were the perfect choice for a customer visiting the Northern Optics weekend outlet at the Waters` edge centre at Barton Upon Humber. He was looking for a high grade set in the £200 range as an upgrade … Continue reading
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Ostara Elinor 10×50 binoculars OS331493. Ideal for hand held astronomy
A customer came to the Northern Optics weekend outlet at Barton Upon Humber looking for a set of portable binoculars suitable for astronomy, and would compliment their two large astronomical telescopes. After looking through a few sets in the 7×50, 8×56, … Continue reading
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Helios Mistral WP6 10x42ED binoculars review 30956
A customer came to the Northern Optics weekend outlet looking for an upgrade to his Celestron 8×32 binoculars that they had bought from us. Ideally he wanted a set of high quality 10x42s. Luckily we had a good choice of … Continue reading
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North Lincs astro meeting. 6th June 2016
The North Lincs astronomy society had around 20 turn up for the 6th June 2016 meeting at Far Ings nature reserve. Also 4 fresh faces came along to try the club for the first time. The talk today was by … Continue reading
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Ostara Elinor 8×45 binoculars OS331479
If the popular Ostara Elinor 10×50 binoculars are too large for you, the equally impressive Elinor 8×45 are not only a worthy alternative, but better in a couple of ways. For one, they are lighter, and secondly give a picture … Continue reading
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Skywatcher 1.25″ 8-24mm eyepiece 20149
The Skywatcher 8-24mm zoom eyepiece is an ideal starter accessory at a sensible price. With a focal length of 8mm – 24mm it will be useful for most situations. It used for astronomy, there will be some loss of light, … Continue reading
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Hawke Endurance PC 10×32 binoculars Ideal for close up work
A customer came to the Northern Optics outlet looking for a smaller set of binoculars that would compliment his larger set of 10×50. After trying a few sets, he opted for the Hawke Endurance PC 10×32 binoculars. These have now … Continue reading
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