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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3447744" data-attributes="member: 111403">04.45 to 05.12 a.m. BST this morning. Cloudless, but at the end some cirrus and sky lightening..Sky very transparent.8x42  Monarch HG.Saw satellite passing through Orion mag 3 to mag 6.Pleiades good.About 3.5 magnitude gain over unaided eyes.Field size 8.33 degrees left and right barrel binocular fixed. Eye central8.35 deg handheld (bigger due to involuntary hand movements, this increase is normal).If one moves ones eyes around the field is a bit greater.My pupil sizes > 5.2mm probably.Star images good in focus and out for 8x binocular.Star colours good.Edge stars quite good but deformed.I prefer a 10x42, but this binocular is fine for astronomy..Field size adequate for astronomy.Unequal double star good.The chief complaint that I have with this binocular is that at this price and with ED glass there shouldn't be CA in the daytime.Also it is disappointing to find ghosting or flare near to a light source, of full Moon brightness, just outside the field, but this may be due to small size and weight.With the light source actually in the field it is very difficult to see any ghosting.I don't know if these points are typical of all samples.The binocular is bright, fairly contrasty and centrally sharp.I don't know if later ones are the same as this early sample.After sunset looking at people in the street the view is very good and bright under street lighting.</blockquote>