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Answer by Shrykull
Venus from Earth, to the untrained eye, looks simply like a bright star in the night sky. Now assuming you can see through Venus’s atmosphere and knowing that Earth and Venus are almost of equivalent mass, I would say that Earth would look the same from Venus as Venus from Earth. That is, a bright ‘star’.

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They also said the world was going to end 2000. I don’t know if you remember, but it was all over the news, AND they said that the computers were going to fail…blah blah blah. I have heard the same thing about 2012, but I don’t put too much thought into it. If it is going to happen there isn’t much we can do about it. I’m sure when nothing happens in 2012, they will turn around and say, “Oh sorry, the world is actually going to end 2021…we misunderstood the scripture.” *rolls eyes* I guess there will be egg on MY face if it happens.

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it’ll probably be red i guess

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Orion 15×70 Astronomy Binoculars I like these so far ..

http://www.telescope.com/Binoculars/Astronomy-Binoculars/Orion-15×70-Astronomy-Binoculars/pc/-1/c/5/sc/72/p/99637.uts#tabs

I am a advanced but not pro astronomy observer.

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Answer by digquickly
Well, …, I’m not familiar with those particular Binoculars but I’ve heard the Orion brand of Binoculars are quite good. However, generally speaking, you do understand that, to use the those binoculars, that you will most likely need a field Trapezoid or at the very least a monopole to steady then, right?. Once you get above 50mm in objective size (unless you’re Arnold) binoculars just become to front heavy to handle without an aid to balance them. Also, if you’re going to buy 70mm you might as well get a pair of 80 mm’s instead.

Here’s a write up on how to buy binoculars. It’s written for first time buyers of 10×50′s but will apply to your 70mm’s as well. Good luck and I hope your decision works out.

— write up —
Some things you should look for in binoculars are:

1) The image quality should e consistent from edge to edge, top to bottom, and throughout the field of view … no coke bottle effect.

2) Color rendition should be exactly the same as normal vision. So avoid binoculars with Ruby tinted objectives.

3) The Image should be correct both up and down and left and right. No inverted images

4) Items (1,2,3) above should remain true through (once focused) zoom.

5) Items (1,2,3) should remain in focus through zoom in and zoom out operations.

6) The binoculars should pass the ‘cable test’ through zoom in and zoom out operations.
Cable test – find both thin vertical an horizontal cables with binoculars. As you observe the cables in up and down, and side to side, transitions from sides to side and up and down. The cables should display no chromatic distortion (red, yellow, green, or blue) on either side of the cables.

7) They should be comfortable to use and hold not bulk and difficult to handle. Anything beyond 50mm begin to be difficult to handle which is why 10×50, 16×50, and or 20×50′s are great general purpose binoculars.
At lead one or more oculars should be “focusable”

9) Both oculars should have comfortable cups for your eyes and the oculars should be at least 0.5″ in diameter (or better)

10) Focus both in and out and return to focus. The focus should “snap” in and iamges in the feild of view should have a “crisp” or sharp image.
No fuzzy images except for things very close. Far away items should be in focus. If you think of bimnoculars as being an extension of your eyes
then that is how they should work.

11) The primary objectives should be free of any marring, bubbles or grit in the glass, and should be multi-coated (bluish green in color).

12) Turn the binoculars around and (with the lens caps off) look thought the main objectives to the oculars (you may need to focus slightly. The oculars should be free of any marring, bubbles or grit in the glass.

13) Don’t buy the “straight barrel” (roof prism) type binoculars. By the traditional type (porro prism). The Porro Prism type binoculars are optically better performers.

If your binoculars fail any of these tests don’t buy them or return them immediately.

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