What is the difference between monoculars and binoculars other than binos have 2 rather than 1 objective lens?
Friday, March 12th, 2010 at
9:23 pm
I would like to know if I can use monoculars rather than binoculars on my travels?
US $20.00
Yes, monoculars have a single lens and binoculars have two lenses. Yes, you can use it for your travels. For a brief discussion of monoculars, see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocular
There is a whole host of objects in the night sky just for binoculars…..there are also several sky charts available strictly for binocular objects.
Here are just a few……..
http://stargazing.suite101.com/article.cfm/best_objects_for_binoculars