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WO binoviewer
I spent a great deal of time looking at various threads here and on other forums about binoviewers. Since I'm getting older and accumulating 'floaters' as well as more astronomical toys I thought that a set of binoviewers would solve a few problems for me. I finally purchased the WO binos from Andrews Comms. after talking to one of their reps, Lee andrews actually offeres to ship me the WO and another set to do side by side comparisons and then for me to ship back the one I didnt wanr. Hows that for service? Anyway I got the WO set "THE NEXT DAY" after ordering them. Again, hows that for service. Very impressive. But the binos were even more impressive. The WO come with 2 eyepieces as well as a 1.6x corrector. I used them on my 8" SCT to do some preliminary tests. I had no problem 'fusing' the two images but what I did find was that with the eyepieces as well as scope, focusing was critical for a good image.
I must say that with the binos I definately saw more detail than with a monocular view - about the same level as I see with my 10", thus I cant wait to try them on the 10" as it should be very impressive. Io was being eclipsed by Jupiter and band details were very good to excellent.
Overall I did not see a 3D view of Jupiter as a lot talk about but detail appeared much better with the binos. I'm really impressed with the WO set as they are small, light in weight and work well with the 2 eyepieces and corrector - very good value for money. I'm impressed with the service I received as well as the product.
I also tried them on my 102mmx500 refractor without the diagonal, but with the supplied corrector. Worked very well which surprised me.
Regards
Allan
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