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My Orion 9x63 Mini Giants are the best hand held binos I have used for astronomy work. The exit pupil is about ideal on these (at 7). And at around $350 that leaves a fair bit for a good tripod.
My tripod has a removable centre pole which can become a monopod when needed. Also, a pistol grip ball head is better for binos than the convetional camera tripod (which only moves left/right and up/down). It cost about the same as the binos.
I did also have a set of big binos 100mm. The beauty of these is that they take interchangeable eyepieces for varying magnifications.
From experience, I would suggest these are more comfortable to use with a 45 or 90 degree prism (especially close to zenith. But these are generally starting around $1,500 (tripod incl but eyepieces may not be incl).
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