Best big binoculars for me, please advice. (1 Viewer)

paleloc · Jan 17, 2012

I was advised in the birdfourm to take a big binos to get more valuable image of the night sky.
I'm now seriously considering get a gigantic binos before my West Central China tour for Dark Sky.

Certainly, I will put it in the car boot, and mount it on tripod when watching.
So, I prefer a real big one, with real high magnitude.
I believe the visual for both eyes is very important for the image quality forming in the brain.
And I think big bino mounted on a tripod is also awesome for land scene in distance.
So, the big Newton reflects are all ignored.

As I already have a 7X50 & 10X40 binos.
Now, I’m just wondering on 15X70, 20X60 or even 30X120.
What will be the best to extend my binoculars collections, especially, for my dark night astronomy?

denco@comcast.n · Jan 17, 2012

paleloc said:
I was advised in the birdfourm to take a big binos to get more valuable image of the night sky.
I'm now seriously considering get a gigantic binos before my West Central China tour for Dark Sky.

Certainly, I will put it in the car boot, and mount it on tripod when watching.
So, I prefer a real big one, with real high magnitude.
I believe the visual for both eyes is very important for the image quality forming in the brain.
And I think big bino mounted on a tripod is also awesome for land scene in distance.
So, the big Newton reflects are all ignored.

As I already have a 7X50 & 10X40 binos.
Now, I’m just wondering on 15X70, 20X60 or even 30X120.
What will be the best to extend my binoculars collections, especially, for my dark night astronomy?

How about these?

http://www.telescope.com/Binoculars...-25x100-Binoculars/pc/-1/c/5/sc/68/p/9119.uts

edwincjones · Jan 17, 2012

I would suggest the fujinon 10x70 or 16x70 which sales around $6-700US,
or one of the clones at 10.5 and 15x70 which are described as "almost"
as good for several hundred dollars US cheaper.
Both are built like a tank, have outstanding optics, but are heavy,
and the 16x70 has less eye relief if you wear glasses.
The lower power is better for darker skies, the higher power for light polluted skies

You can also check the Cloudy Nights Telescope review forum under the Binocular section-they have a reivew of >450 binoculars

100mm binoculars would be better, but very big/heavy for travel.

edj

black crow · Jan 17, 2012

This might sound crazy but I bought some 20x80 bins on the internet for around $100 bucks of some unknown (to me) brand but well reviewed that turned out to do a very good job for astronomy. And they doubled as a spotting bin off my upper deck that provided many hours of twilight viewing. I loath the day I sold those. Optically they were quite good. You often now days don't have to break the bank to get pretty good optical quality. Great for us guys on a budget.

bh46118 · Jan 17, 2012

I bought the 20X80 Skymaster last summer for $95. For that amount, I am totally satisfied. Many other people have had QC issues, that hasn't been the case with mine.

Bruce

black crow said:
This might sound crazy but I bought some 20x80 bins on the internet for around $100 bucks of some unknown (to me) brand but well reviewed that turned out to do a very good job for astronomy. And they doubled as a spotting bin off my upper deck that provided many hours of twilight viewing. I loath the day I sold those. Optically they were quite good. You often now days don't have to break the bank to get pretty good optical quality. Great for us guys on a budget.

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