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If it was me personally I would not recommend jewel box for low power binos -(5-7x).i think it's a little small & dense in size .My favourites would be the
#open clusters(beehive, pleiades(too low now) ,hyades in Tau,IC2602 in Car
# the magellenic clouds( basically dwarf galaxy
# carina & orion neb areas
# moon
# pick out diff color stars eg betelgeuse (also contrast crux star colors)
#look for an easy double star,maybe gamma leporis - due to star color
# i prefer m41 to jewel box in smallbinos
Troy - as per your post what would be your budget apprrox..i have the 15x70ultra from AOE which is a terrific bang for buck medium bino(theyhave ind focus ep though). Do you want them for hand held at all?kowa ,leica, zeiss will cost you alot
I would look at pentax pcf, nikon AE, ultra from aoe or andrews,WO ed10x50,
The orion mini-giants from bintel are good i think..i don't really like the clestron/bushnell/meade binos but occasionally they make a really good one( i have celestron regals 10x42 which are excellent - but the skymasters from them can have QC problems andare in a lower leagure as per quality) . have not tried gerber's but have heard 1-2 reports of QC issues also.
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