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Well that same logic can lead you to question the value of looking through any amateur telescope - when it's obviously going to be vastly inferior to the Keck or the Hubble (I have actually heard some people express a disinterest in Astrophotography on that account).

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I doubt very much splitting 100 Hercules at 10 power is going to generate an earth shaking paper in the journal Nature or some other publication of equal import. I think we are mistaking self absorbed ego stroking for scientific contribution. Are we intensely scrutinizing the gyrations of gnats in this regard?

And I am one of those who would let NASA paint my bathroom with Hubble at the cost of billions rather than I expending precious thousands for a mole hill attempt at imaging in total redundancy with 10s of thousands of other amateurs. The reward/ cost factor is exceedingly low for what I would produce in mediocre images. It's already been done with equipment far advanced to what i would procure. Let us know how you do with the 11X56 binoculars.

Regards and clear skies,

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