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    Different scope for birds and for stars?

    I fully agree on that! AFOV plays an important role in the joy of pointing the scope to the night sky. I just wonder if, money-wise, it wouldn't make more sense to invest in a good second hand MM3/MM4 Opticron spotting scope with 1 or 2 good eyepieces, new or second hand (2 fixed wide-angle...
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    Different scope for birds and for stars?

    I don't know much about optics for astronomy. Some on this forum know much more about it and will probably help you out. I would say there is mainly 1 huge requirement difference: for astronomy, you only need to be able to focus to a very, very, very far distance :). That should allow to...
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