[Stonius (Markus)]

I have a strange circular logic that is preventing me from making a decision.

My vintage seventies 10 x 50's are out of alignment (eye to eye) and without any adjusting screws it seems they are more expensive to fix than to buy another pair. I find them useful for scoping out new targets before star-hopping using my 16" Dob.

So I'm thinking " I should replace my binoculars".

But then, I'm thinking why do I even *need binoculars? Theoretically, one $200 pair of binoculars is just two $100 telescopes stuck together. If you don't particularly care about the binocular experience, a spotting scope would theoretically be twice as good for the same price because you don't have the cost of replicating the image path for the other eye, right?

In reality though, they seem quite expensive (Swarovski? I thought they made crystal doodads and earrings for shopping malls).

But then, when you think about it, how different is a spotting-scope from a finder-scope really?

Maybe I should just buy a spare findersope? But then, if I was going to do that, what's wrong with the one attached to the telescope?

So now I'm thinking "I *shouldn't replace my binoculars".

But then I won't have anything to scope out new targets with before star-hopping with my 16" Dob!

I hate myself right now. :-/

Markus