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Welcome to the lounge!

I already own a 200P at the moment :D I was curious if a slow scope with small FOV like the Skymax 90 would "improve" on DSO's adding a focal reducer, just to have some sort of "grab & go" all rounder :D

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How was it?

Interesting facts folks! :D

Maybe Australia has a greater choice....

Thanks for the info :) Would be great if, at least, there would be some half-decent summers down under, that would be enough for me :D

Would NZ be a good stargazing location?

Oki Doki, I'll hopefully have some clear skies and horizons, I might still be able to catch it with my binos or with my scope :) Cheers :)

I tested them only with easy and bright targets such as Jupiter, M45 and M42. I've also seen some other lovely "star families" that are unknown to me but I enjoyed the views so much, especially since I am unable to setup the big 200P I can still do some rewarding grab and go observations with these binos whenever I see a gap between the clouds.

Hi mate, yes they are the very same binoculars I bought. Only wanted to try them because the price is fairly small. I tried them again yesterday (handheld) with the Pleiades and other clusters nearby Jupiter, and the view was lovely, and yes when zooming it needs to focus again, it is an hassle when handheld but not a major issue indeed, nothing to complain :)

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I can also see that in Argos UK you have this cheap praktica model: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/034554.htm I guess it's also this type of generic cheap yet usable binos.

but it doesn't feel weird or uncomfortable. They don't feel like toys or empty pieces of plastic, they seem rather solid overall. I now need clear skies to try them on stars and see how they perform, I hope they will be a sufficiently nice introduction to binos observation of the night sky. M45 I am coming !!!! :D Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes for you :)

The build and finish isn't the greatest and the optics might not be top notch, but for that price, they won't break my bank account and I can still buy better ones one day when I get acquainted to using binos. At daylight, late in the afternoon, I aimed them at roofs and pigeons: focus and contrast were unexpectedly good, there was almost no chromatic aberration (or at least it wasn't very noticeable in those roofs and pigeons). The FOV is of course not very wide but it doesn...

So bad, my comment got chopped off :) I was saying that the package was pretty good overall (still considering the extremely low price). It included eyepiece and lens caps, a strip, a carrying bag, a leaflet with basic operation instructions, and 2 cleaning clothes :) I'm not sure if they can be mounted on a tripod, but I found a front cap that unscrewed reveals a thread similar to the camera tripod ones.

Hey mate, got them already yesterday, they were a clearance item and I also wanted to get my first binos. They zoom between 8 to 24x and they claim 50mm aperture (I believe it's less, but can't tell for sure :D ) . I bought them in the Irish Argos as I live in Ireland. If you are based in the UK, this would be the link: http://bit.ly/XyNT7X and they are priced less then 18 pounds! If you are in ROI, this would be the link: http://bit.ly/XyNUZP but . The overall package was pretty...

LOL sounds like a good idea, it might help to counter balance the clouds brought in by new astro-purchases :D

Same here. Had to attend a work dinner while outside the skies were totally clear and steady. I came back home (after a few drinks) and a fat rainfall began.

Skies were so lovely a few minutes ago in southern Ireland, now it's just rain and more rain.

That is true ! :)

Great idea! Tnx for sharing :D

Thanks!

LOL then we could use the extra cash for a more advanced model ;)