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When you decide how to mount your binoculars, there are two considerations that you must take into account. These are stability and comfort. Both of these play a significant part in determining how much you will be able to see. If the binoculars are not held in a manner that is reasonably stable, in order to eliminate shake, the amount of detail that you will be able to see will be severely reduced. If you are not comfortable when you observe, you will quickly tire and tiredness is always detrimental to observing.
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Tonkin, S. (2014). Holding and Mounting Binoculars. In: Binocular Astronomy. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7467-8_6
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