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    One Definition for DIGISCOPING please.

    Not that it means anything to me either, but: From Wikipedia "Binocular telescopes, or binoculars, (also known as field glasses) are two identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side..." Now, where can I send membership applications for the 'United Pedants'? Ilkka :t:
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    One Definition for DIGISCOPING please.

    The term "digi-scoping" was coined by birdwatchers who didn't know (or care) almost anything about optical terms or their definitions. They started using this term and made it popular unaware that "their" technique had been used for ages by astronomers who had called it "afocal...
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