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Old 14-08-2007, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Satchmo View Post
I once compared the view through a 13" Newtonian fitted with $2000 Televue binoviewer against a farly crude 6" F8 Binocular Newtonian and decided the 6" binos won clearly on contrast and sharpness. Whilst Binoviewers are a really compact choice , I think as time goes on , the merits of even low cost 6" and 8" true binocular scopes built for under a $1000 will surface.
It does indeed look that the only way forward (at least for me) would be a nice Bino telescope, a 12-14" perhaps....some time in the future.
At least I have the eyepieces to start the project with...

Joe
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