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Originally Posted by BSirius
Hi Erick,
What's the jump to 20x80's or 30x100's like? Can you see features on Saturn or Jupiter? I can see what I think is M42, sort of hazy cloud in Orion too, just wondered what power is better to resolve some of these...
Cheers,
Ben
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I'm at the cheap end of the market. Bought both from AOE - $129 for the 20x80s and $419 (I recall) for the 30x100s. No, I don't see surface features on Jupiter or Saturn. I've got more testing to do with the 30x100s, but these particular ones don't do as better a job on Saturn as I had hoped.
But for nebula like M42, these bigger binoculars are great! But don't expect to see the horsehead or flame nebula through these binoculars. And faint nebula and galaxies are smudges - but great to be able to know that you have found them and seen them. They were also great to see the coma of Comet McNaught up much closer. And the Moon is a great sight as well.
Re M42 in 12x60s - they should do a better job than you describe. Suggest you find a dark sky location - from the big city, M42 is not going to be great. Then practice averted vision - you'll see more that way. Same for Omega Centauri and 47 Tuc globular clusters - have you located those as yet?