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cpsTN
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Reged: 04/26/07
Posts: 1204
Loc: Tennessee (37129) 36N 86W
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There are larger but much lighter weight than I thought. The pic below shows its size relative to my off-the-shelf Bushnell 10x50s
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Charles P. Sands
Observing since 12/29/86
8" f/5.9 dobsonian (Zhumell DSH-8), with 8x50 RACI
70mm f/5 achromatic refractor (Orion GoScope)
GSO plossls (12 15 20 40), Orion barlows (2x 3x)
10x50 Bushnell Falcon binos
15x70 Celestron StarMaster binos
S&T's POCKET SKY ATLAS
Kodak EasyShare Z915 digital camera
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The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth His handywork
Psalm 19:1
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bsim
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Reged: 01/04/08
Posts: 1060
Loc: New York City
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Congratulations. Make sure you check the collimation. While these binos offer a great value ($67 on Amazon), the quality control is left to the buyer. I've been lucky. I owned two of them. Both were collimated with nice round exit pupils.
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cpsTN
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Reged: 04/26/07
Posts: 1204
Loc: Tennessee (37129) 36N 86W
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So far, from using them during the day and at night, they seem to be fine. but I will keep an eye on them, no pun intended! Mine were $63, $71 with shipping. I will use these for the next week and post a review with pix. We are having in the middle of about a week and a half of high pressure.
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Charles P. Sands
Observing since 12/29/86
8" f/5.9 dobsonian (Zhumell DSH-8), with 8x50 RACI
70mm f/5 achromatic refractor (Orion GoScope)
GSO plossls (12 15 20 40), Orion barlows (2x 3x)
10x50 Bushnell Falcon binos
15x70 Celestron StarMaster binos
S&T's POCKET SKY ATLAS
Kodak EasyShare Z915 digital camera
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The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth His handywork
Psalm 19:1
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KennyJ
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 12904
Loc: Lancashire UK
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Is the Starmaster a new model that has superceded the Skymaster ?
Kenny
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Mateyhv
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Reged: 10/10/09
Posts: 57
Loc: 43°N
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StarMaster??? Looks like a regular SkyMaster... By the way there is a noteworthy price difference between the fully multi coated, nitrogen purged and the multi coated non purged members of the SkyMaster family. I wonder if the difference is really significant. Strangely only the low mangification 8x and 9x are FMC.. 
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cpsTN
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Reged: 04/26/07
Posts: 1204
Loc: Tennessee (37129) 36N 86W
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Sorry guys. I meant SkyMaster!
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Charles P. Sands
Observing since 12/29/86
8" f/5.9 dobsonian (Zhumell DSH-8), with 8x50 RACI
70mm f/5 achromatic refractor (Orion GoScope)
GSO plossls (12 15 20 40), Orion barlows (2x 3x)
10x50 Bushnell Falcon binos
15x70 Celestron StarMaster binos
S&T's POCKET SKY ATLAS
Kodak EasyShare Z915 digital camera
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The heavens declare the glory of God;
and the firmament sheweth His handywork
Psalm 19:1
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