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Old 22-05-2006, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by janoskiss
The reason to get binos is the wide true field of view. just on aperture, a 6" or 8" scope will show you a lot more, and when you consider higher magnifications attainable with the scope, more still.
I would just add to Steve's reply, the standout quality of binoc's (and binoc viewers), to me, is that when you are use both eyes, you get an increase in contrast by 1.4X and with faint extended diffuse objects like galaxies and comets, thats a good thing
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