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Old 23-10-2009, 10:26 PM
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I have a pair of Orion Mini Giants.
Fully multi-coated with BAK-4 prisms.
Specs- 9x63mm, 5 degree FOV and 7mm exit pupil for night viewing.
Extra-long eye relief at 26mm.
Only weighs about 1.2 kg so you don't need a tripod.

After using my 7x50mm binoculars for many years, the Orion leaves it for dead. Star colours are much truer, many more stars come into view and DSO objects are picked up much more easily in darker skies e.g. galaxy NGC 55 in Sculptor or globular cluster NGC 4833 in Musca.

I noticed Bintel have dropped the price from $419 to $349.
Worth every cent!

Regards, Rob.
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