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Old 09-02-2016, 09:28 AM
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My honest opinion is:

You are asking a lot from a $30 bit of kit, especially with your astro experience. You would be better served with binos than this monocular. Even an 80mm f/5 achro would swamp the monocular. I imagine you are considering this monocular to save luggage space, and a few bucks in not taking better astro gear. I really think you'll be disappointed with it. It won't be like you are trying to look through a brick, but for $30, I can't see it being real flash.

A link to one of these monoculars would be a help too.

Is it like one of these?

35X50 Monocular from Ebay

Look at the actual aperture - 42mm, not 50!

Its field of view rating makes no sense at all either. It's claiming a 5degree TFOV at 35X. You can't get that with most 15X50 binos!

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