[synthguy (Malcolm)]

Hi,

I'm looking at upgrading my current binoculars (Fumiyama 11x70s) to a '25x100' type binocs for use with a parallelogram binocular mount. I've got a budget of about $700, and plan on purchasing something around late April.

I've noted various brands on websites - Orion 25x100s, Andrews 25x100s, and Celestron Skymaster 25x100s (over my budget), Saxon 22x100s.

I'd be grateful if anyone could advise what is the best large binoculars for astronomy given the amount of money I want to spend. They will be mainly used for hunting down DSOs, in conjunction with my Orion Optics 14" f4.5 dob.

Malcolm