Welcome to the Binocular Astronomy Group! Our group is devoted to binocular users who use their binoculars primarily for astronomy.

Note to all members, long time and new alike - the messages which make up this forum is like a library.....do a little research using the "Search" function and you will find a lot. Same goes for a quick visit to the "Files" and "Photos" sections of this group.

We encourage all who have a question to take a little time first and do some quick research to see if your question has already been answered. If you then find that your question has not been answered at all, or only partially, post a new question to the group so that we can help you out. With almost ten years under our belt, we have a lot of information already here, just waiting to be dusted off and read once again!

The home page photo shows an avid binocular observer with Scorpius and Ophiuchus to his back looking off to the northwest. Hopefully this photo represents well what this group is all about. In the photo the binoculars happen to be a pair of Pentax PCF V 16x60's. They are mounted on a Bogen Monopod with a cross-member added for holding or elbow support. The binoculars are attached to the monopod via a binocular tripod adapter. The photo of the background sky was taken at the 2000 Texas Star Party.

If anyone has a good picture they would like to have considered for the Home Page, please let me know. The Home Page photo is changed on a regular basis.