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ronharper
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Re: Binos for Astronomy
      05/13/08 12:51 AM

Just for learning your way around constellations, in a light-polluted place where 5th or even 4th magnitude stars can be hard to pick out, you need wide field more than anything else. I haven't used one, but the Mighty Mite Miyauchi 5x32 looks to me like the weapon of choice. 13.2 degrees, and excellent quality too, or so they say. Search on this forum for discussions of this unique instrument. I bet it would give nice views of the Milky Way from a dark site, too.
Ron

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* Binos for Astronomy AstroRealtor 05/12/08 03:20 PM
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. * Re: Binos for Astronomy Wes James   05/13/08 04:15 PM
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. * Re: Binos for Astronomy AstroRealtor   05/13/08 02:52 PM
. * Re: Binos for Astronomy ronharper   05/13/08 04:14 PM
. * Re: Binos for Astronomy KennyJ   05/13/08 02:39 PM
. * Re: Binos for Astronomy Rich N   05/13/08 09:34 AM
. * Re: Binos for Astronomy AstroRealtor   05/13/08 11:21 AM
. * Re: Binos for Astronomy Rich N   05/13/08 11:52 AM
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. * Re: Binos for Astronomy ronharper   05/13/08 12:51 AM
. * Re: Binos for Astronomy JAS   05/13/08 09:33 AM
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. * Re: Binos for Astronomy ronharper   05/13/08 10:42 AM
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