Amazon Prime Day 2017: Celestron EclipSmart 10x25 Solar Binoculars & More
This Amazon Prime Day, find unbeatable prices on stargazing binoculars for the space cadet in your life. Among countless other exclusive deals, Amazon is offering a few pairs of binoculars like the Celestron's EclipSmart 10x25 Solar Binoculars for sun observing, as well as other binoculars for night sky viewing, birdwatching or just taking in Earth's outdoor sights. Our top pick, though, are Celestron's solar eclipse binoculars.
Celestron EclipSmart 10x25 Solar Binoculars: If you're one of the millions of Americans who will be watching the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, check out Celestron's EclipSmart 10x25 solar binoculars. The binoculars are on sale at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT), and will be marked down from $35 on Amazon.com.
Why it's a good deal: With their built-in solar filters, these binoculars offer a safe (and super-affordable) way to get a closer look at the sun during the solar eclipse. After the eclipse is over, you can still use these to look at sunspots or save them for the next total solar eclipse (which occurs in 2024!). [The Best ISO-Certified Gear to See the 2017 Solar Eclipse]
You can see Space.com's complete Prime Day Space Deal Picks here throughout today's sale events.
More binoculars picks:
Celestron SkyMaster DX 8x56 binoculars: These medium-size binoculars are on sale for $144.57. That's 28% off their normal price of $200.28 on Amazon! The deal expires at 12:45 p.m. EDT (1645 GMT) or when it is 100% claimed. The Celestron SkyMaster 8x56 binoculars for both stargazing, as well as daytime outdoor activities like birding, boating or even watching your favorite sports team from the bleachers. In fact, we picked the Celestron SkyMaster 8x56 binoculars as our best pick for medium-size astronomy binoculars when we reviewed them.
Kidzlane 8x21 Binoculars For Kids: For the young stargazer or outdoor enthusiast in your life, Amazon has two great deals for junior binoculars. Kidzlane is will have a sale on a pair of kids' 8x21 binoculars. These normally sell for $22 on Amazon. Check in at 9:40 a.m. EDT (1340 GMT) to find out what the sale price will be.
Luwint 8x21 Kids Binoculars: Another pair of 8x21 kids' binoculars by Luwint will go on sale at 10:45 a.m. EDT (1445 GMT). Like the Kidzlane binoculars, these are compact and durable, making them ideal for adventures like birdwatching, gazing at the scenery, or looking up at the night sky. Luwint's binoculars normally sell for $18 on Amazon. Stay tuned for the new sale price.
These deals will only be available to Amazon Prime members on Tuesday, July 11.
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Hanneke Weitering is a multimedia journalist in the Pacific Northwest reporting on the future of aviation at FutureFlight.aero and Aviation International News and was previously the Editor for Spaceflight and Astronomy news here at Space.com. As an editor with over 10 years of experience in science journalism she has previously written for Scholastic Classroom Magazines, MedPage Today and The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After studying physics at the University of Tennessee in her hometown of Knoxville, she earned her graduate degree in Science, Health and Environmental Reporting (SHERP) from New York University. Hanneke joined the Space.com team in 2016 as a staff writer and producer, covering topics including spaceflight and astronomy. She currently lives in Seattle, home of the Space Needle, with her cat and two snakes. In her spare time, Hanneke enjoys exploring the Rocky Mountains, basking in nature and looking for dark skies to gaze at the cosmos.