Another positive recommendation from me - I used these binoculars at SPSP and remember cruising the Milky Way with some 12mm EP's at 50X for half an hour - checking out objects in detail and never needing to raise or lower the magnification . APO refractor quality images with the binocular contrast and extra resolution and flat field . The fluid head tripod it was on that night made the experience effortless.
These binoculars are of such quality it is disorientating experience in that you are just not used to cruising the sky with such detail and yet have that field of view and comfort ..you have to check in with yourself exactly what you are seeing and how you are experiencing it ...I'd almost rate it as `disruptive' astro-technology
Whoever becomes the new `care taker ' will not be disappointed .