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Originally Posted by OzEclipse
I've looked through Matt's bino's. The aesthetic effect of the bino view, the faux 3D effect you experience is what the view is all about. Fantastic!
All this talk about light gathering is moot IMO. You are arguing about whether one small telescope aperture yields a brighter image than another slightly bigger small scope aperture. If you want light gathering, get a big dob.
After completing his 120 bino's, Matt immediately began building his next 18" dob. That should tell you something about light gathering.
Joe
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Quite right Joe, my favourite views with the TSA120BT are at 30x - 50x using very sharp Tak Abbe orthoscopics. While they perform very well for planetary viewing at 180x using the Tak LE5mm pair, and are perfect for lunar observing, they are still limited to the resolving power of 120mm....
(Horses for Courses........ Regarding the 18" ....... I am hoping to have it ready for first light for the Mars opposition..... progress is slow due to my OCD requiring that external welds must not be visible...
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