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Large number deception (1 Viewer)
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Binocollector
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O how deep the fall of Tasco is. They once sold pretty usable Japanese made binos in the 60's and 70's (maybe slightly beyond) -- in fact one of my favourite 7x35 EWAs ist a Tasco #116. Now they sell "20x21" with 5m/500,000m?
Firstly, a field of 2 arcseconds should be challenging.
One tenth the diameter of Saturn's disc.
Secondly, I doubt it is by Tasco, I think it is probably a fake.
Thirdly, it is likely 8x21 not 20x21.
There should be a Liemeter especially for binoculars.
Electronic of course with a read out list of falsehoods.
Regards,
B.
One tenth the diameter of Saturn's disc.
Secondly, I doubt it is by Tasco, I think it is probably a fake.
Thirdly, it is likely 8x21 not 20x21.
There should be a Liemeter especially for binoculars.
Electronic of course with a read out list of falsehoods.
Regards,
B.
Binocollector
Well-known member
You are probably right. Even Komz binos get faked.
It probably depends on the laser.
The reflectors left on the Moon by Americans, unless you prefer other theories, were and maybe still are, unless coated by meteorite dust, used to reflect laser beams repeatedly to get an Earth Moon distance to 10cm accuracy.
I don't know how coherent these beams are, but possibly around arcsecond.
I missed a good photo and story and £750 in the 1960s when I saw a strange expanding distant cloud.
It was an American rocket fuel dump at about 40,000 miles distance from memory.
I just could not think what it could be.
Somebody got the photo on the newspaper front page.
Regards,
B.
The reflectors left on the Moon by Americans, unless you prefer other theories, were and maybe still are, unless coated by meteorite dust, used to reflect laser beams repeatedly to get an Earth Moon distance to 10cm accuracy.
I don't know how coherent these beams are, but possibly around arcsecond.
I missed a good photo and story and £750 in the 1960s when I saw a strange expanding distant cloud.
It was an American rocket fuel dump at about 40,000 miles distance from memory.
I just could not think what it could be.
Somebody got the photo on the newspaper front page.
Regards,
B.
normjackson
Well-known member
Allegedly a Bushnell but also claiming to be 30x-380x300. But the best bit is the wording %*$^%RTE%$ Germany. To think those could have been Bushnell's exact words after his attempts to do business with them. Recorded here from his interview (third way down page) with Richard Buchroeder and Peter Abrahams (think we can put Busnell down as a typo there) :
