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Old 03-01-2014, 08:28 AM
brian nordstrom (As avatar)
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Stu is right here , bino's and telescopes are different beasts .
I had a pair of 25x100 binos that HAD!! to be mounted and even at 25x the planets were small , Saturn showing its rings , Jupiter hinting at its bands with moons easily seen etc .. but the moon was awesome ( being so large anyway )
If you use binoculars where they excel , thats wide field upright viewing of star clusters , nebular etc , you wont be disappointed , stick with your scope for lunar/planetary viewing .
Brian.
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