Explore The Night Sky With The 6 Best Binoculars For Stargazing"I've been using the same pair of Tasco 10x50's for almost 30 years," says Barentine, principal consultant at Dark Sky Consulting, a firm that helps destinations earn International Dark Sky status. "A good pair that will last for decades can be had for under $100. It's not something that people should feel like they have to spend a lot of money on."
Gazing Into the Past and Future at Historic ObservatoriesJohn Barentine, an astronomer and consultant focused on dark skies research and conservation, believes that looking through a telescope can be transformative. “If I show somebody the moon through a telescope, they can, for the first time, envision it as a place,” he told me. “Now they’ve had a kind of direct experience with it.” But those rewards, he cautioned, are dependent on if and how we rein in light pollution on the ground.
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