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Prof M
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Reged: 07/26/09
Posts: 49
Loc: Southwest Utah
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Tonight near Midnight, with my new OB 15x70 Ultras on my arm I embarked on a night out. While strolling along near the intersection of AZ 87 degrees and ALT 38 degrees, I had a long awaited encounter with those lovely ladies of the evening, Alcyone and her eight shimmering sisters. My heart pounding, and short of breath, I reveled in their arms for 2 hours, exploring every arc second of their heavenly bodies. They are beautiful, and they promised many warm delights as the evenings grow colder! 
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Rich V.
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Reged: 01/02/05
Posts: 1395
Loc: Carson Valley, Nevada, USA
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The Pleiades really start coming into their own around 15x. The longer you look the more faint stars you see!
I love binoculars in this size; a real "happy medium" of image scale and FOV, IMO. Truly wonderful under really dark skies.
Good to hear you're enjoying your binoculars.
Rich V
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Binoculars:
33/50/75/150x100 Saturn III, 16x70 FMT-SX, 10x50 PCF-V, 10x43 DCF-SP, 10x35 E2, 7x35 E, 8x30 E2, 7x26 Custom, 8x23AS Diplomat, 8x23 Travelite
Scopes:
C9.25, 6" f8 reflector, SV80S
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KennyJ
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 12909
Loc: Lancashire UK
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I agree that 15x binoculars , with as wide a true field of view as sensibly achievable ( and at least 4 degrees ) hit a sweet spot for casual star - gazing and other night sky observations .
Some may presume the simple statistic of a 5x increase ought to be directly proportional throughout the range , but there is no doubt that 15x magnification shows a great deal more than 10x , and to my eyes and mind , that 33.33% increase is clearly discernible over the 25% advantage that 20x provides over 15x .
I only wish I had a 15x binocular of higher optical quality than the one I have , with reasonably long eye relief .
To me , once the true field of view gets down to less than around 3.5 degrees , an aspect most agreeable when looking through binoculars is lost , which I suppose is another reason I am not particularly impressed by 20x binoculars , MOST of the time .
Kenny
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If everyone is thinking the same thing , no-one is thinking - General George S.Patton
Zeiss 7 x 42 BGAT
Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
Various eyepieces barlows tripods mounts etc.
Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ5 digital camera
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