A guide to the basics of using a telescope, a spotting scope, and binoculars describes how each one works, how to set up a telescope, adjustments and maintenance, and how to navigate the night sky.

"I thought I was in the forever business. National and state parks are supposed to preserve special places for all time. A certain job security had always gone along with that idea if you were a park ranger. But I've learned to never say forever." Jack Morgan had been a park ranger at Saline Lake until the National Monument was shut down by a Congress determined to push back against environmentalism. Leading a search for a 17-year old boy hiking alone in the Sierra Nevada mountains, Jack uncovers connections with a dead man on the shore of Saline Lake, bludgeoned with a birdwatcher's spotting scope. Tensions build in the local community as Jack's knowledge of the landscape reveals a murderous plot that may end his own life, fueled by the inflammatory rhetoric of "People First!" radicals.

The author, a long-time president and CEO of a optics manufacturing company, shares his knowledge and insights to assist consumers in understanding the basics and specifications of standard optical binoculars, spotting scopes, and riflescopes for a variety of hobbies and uses.

Sport Optics is a helpful guide for purchasers of binoculars, riflescopes, and spotting scopes for use in hunting, bird watching, astronomy, nature viewing, and other hobbies. The book helps one make the correct purchasing decision after considering the various optical parameters with the intended use for the product. The author has been in the optical industry for over 50 years selling and designing optical instruments and intimately knows optics.

The night sky is filled with beautiful objects and provides an enormous range of subject matter to those who know how to record it. However, many people do not realise that magnificent celestial bodies such as the Milky Way are neither difficult to find nor hard to photograph. This misconception, combined with a presumed need for specialist equipment, keeps many people away from trying astrophotography. In this book, readers will learn how to identify good subjects, plan a shoot, and use conventional photographic equipment to begin taking stunning images.

A guide to viewing stars, the moon, planets, meteors, comets, and aurora through binoculars. Features a foreword by renowned astronomer and writer David Levy. Includes a complete guide to current binocular brands and models and explains what to look for in each season.

One of the Shooter’s Bible 2018 series Gives advice on using pursuit binoculars, a pursuit rangefinder, a pursuit spotting scope, and more Useful for experts and beginners Whether you are a hunter, guide, target shooter, tactical user, sports spectator, or birder, optics play a key role in adding to and facilitating your profession or sport. To help you figure out which optics are best suited for your needs, and your budget, the Shooter’s Bible Guide to Optics lists every quality sporting optic on the market in 2018. Filled with color photographs, this book features a new products section that lists all new riflescopes, binoculars, rangefinders, and spotting scopes. It also has in-depth features on how to use binoculars, how to mount and sight in a rifle scope, and more.

Whether your interest is in bird watching or gazing at the heavens, this reference guide teaches you the essentials of telescopes, spotting scopes, and binoculars -- from buying and operating to adjustments and maintenance. This handy resource covers: telescopes: how they work and what to look for; telescope accessories; setting up your telescope; telescope adjustment and maintenance; using the telescope; finding your way around the night sky; astrophotography (with both film and digital formats); and binoculars: how they work and what to look for. This guide also includes information you need to successfully view sporting events, landscapes, terrains, and more. Over 100 full-color diagrams, maps, photographs and illustrations.

Starring animal-loving Diego, this fun pack contains five stories that take Diego from the deserts and rainforests to the grasslands and oceans, and comes with a working spotting scope through which readers can see images of animals and scenes featured in the stories. Includes 10 disks with 40 images. Full color. Pkg. Consumable.

Sport Optics is a helpful guide for purchasers of binoculars, riflescopes, and spotting scopes for use in hunting, bird watching, astronomy, nature viewing, and other hobbies. The book helps one make the correct purchasing decision after considering the various optical parameters with the intended use for the product. The author has been in the optical industry for over 50 years selling and designing optical instruments and intimately knows optics.