These pics were , I thought , noteworthy of posting, If not just as an example of the human pursuit of sheer deep sky observing bliss.
These are a new Australian based 22" F4.5 binocular built in the USA with Australian made matched optical mirrors , that debuted at the 2009 Deepest South Texas Star Party at Coonabarabran a few weeks ago, hosted by the Three Rivers Foundation.
They had only just been assembled from parts out of a shipping crate, and had the inevitable teething problems, but I did experience observing DSO nirvana with the view of Omega Centauri and Eta Carina using twin 22mm Type 4 Televue Naglers
Ignore the incorrect date imprints on the photos which were a camera operator error.
Mark