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John Velasco

I paired this night vision binoculars with my phone — and it helped out with my astrophotography

Akaso Seemor 200 Night Vision Goggles.

There’s nothing better that I love doing coming home from work other than taking in an astrophotography session with either any of the best phones I have on me or my smart telescopes. My vision’s not the best, so making out those twinkling stars is problematic if I want to image a cluster, galaxy, nebula, or another deep space object. That’s why I’ve been enhancing my vision with night vision binoculars that help me to see hidden stars hidden behind misty clouds.

I’ve been using the Akaso Seemor 200 for weeks now wherever I’m outside in my backyard for a night’s worth of astrophotography, mainly to help me guide my phone to the correct star constellations for long exposure capture. But I’ve also found other purposes for this nifty gadget, which I’ll get into more detail below.

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