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Binoscopes vs Binoviewers

Started by Brian Goodman, 01/12/2004 05:18PM
Posted 01/12/2004 05:18PM Opening Post
About a year ago I got a pair of 22X100 Oberwerks and put them on a Heavy duty UniMount, and fell in love with Binocular viewing. I,ve been considering a Binoscope now; something like a Vixen BT-80 or maybe one of the larger Oberwerks even though weight and cost is a facter. I have some nice scopes, from a Tak FS-78 to nice 6 inch F8 Newt to a 8 inch SCT. I have never looked through a Binoviewer and I really don't have access to one. Would it be more effective cost wise and performance wise just to to look into getting something like a Denkmeier Binoviewer with a star sweeper and putting it on the scopes I have now? Has anyone compared these two instruments? Thanks.
Posted 01/12/2004 06:04PM #1
Brian,

I will watch this thread with interest, as I am trying to decide whether to get a Denkmeier I binoviewer for my Orion 80mm Apo I will be getting in April, or go for a pair of Celestron 25x100 binoculars on a parallelogram binocular mount.

Malcolm