Orion AstroGoggles
by Orion
List Price:
Our Price: $11.99
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: Digital Camera
See more digital camera details and other models
Digital product summary information
Manufacturer: OrionProduct features:
- Astrogoggles help your eyes become dark-adapted before you observe the night sky through a telescope or binoculars
- Wear AstroGoggles inside for about a half-hour before observing, or while setting up your telescope, to make your eyes dark-adapted
- Deep red plastic lenses filter out the wavelengths of light that ruin dark adaptation
- Large enough to wear over eyeglasses
- Air vents help prevent fogging
Digital camera reviews of Orion AstroGoggles
Digital camera Review: They really work!
Summary: 5 Stars
...even under light-polluted skies. Faint star limits are noticeably increased. Head strap could be a little more secure. Other than that, they are highly recommended.
REVISION MARCH 2008: If I could, I would would change my rating perhaps to 4 stars rather than 5. Why the change? Quite frankly, they are overkill. Yes, everything I wrote above is still true, however a better alternative which is about 95% as effective and allow for normal use in other situations.
Red lensed glasses available here:
(Sorry Amazon, I don't see you carrying them yet)
http://www.scopestuff.com/ss_gla1.htm
Unlike the goggles they don't suppress all other colors than red and they are usable even in dim light (in darkness take them off altogether, of course).
Summary of Orion AstroGoggles
Spend a half-hour wearing AstroGoggles before using your telescope, then take them off just before peering into the eyepiece. Your eyes will already be dark-adapted! Put on Orion AstroGoggles when you go inside during an observing session to retain your dark-adapted vision while inside under houselights. Air vents eliminate fogging. Large enough to wear over eyeglasses. Elastic band.Telescope Accessories
Cameras and Photo
Most talked about in Orion
My Best Friendby Laura Wilson
Orion; Published: 2001-06-21; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $0.01
Marketing for Managers (Orion Business Toolkit Series)by David Mercer
Orion; Published: 1999-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $19.95
Mixed Doublesby Ann Purser
Orion; Published: 1998-08-17; Hardcover; Book
Hawkwood's Voyage (Monarchies Of God)by Paul Kearney
Orion; Published: 1996; Paperback; Book
Blah Blah Black Sheepby Maggie Gibson
Orion; Published: 2001-07-19; Paperback; Book
Borrowed Timeby Gordon Williams
Orion; Hardcover; Book
Michael Footby Mervyn Jones
Orion; Published: 1995-03-30; Paperback; Book
Matricide at St Martha'Sby Ruth Dudley Edwards
Orion; Hardcover; Book
The Future of the Great Powers: Predictionsby Josef Joffe
Orion; Published: 1999-02; Paperback; Book
Best price: $61.95
Elusive Rothschild: The Life of Victor, Third Baronby Kenneth Rose
Orion; Published: 2003-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $4.34
Price in other shops: