Good set of astro binos

[amateur-astro]

What would be a good set of astro binos 

[Oldfort]

You don't give us much to go on, but you will find a lot of information here:

http://www.scopeviews.co.uk/

[Nitecoda]

I am new to astronomy and decided to start with Binoculars. A pair that seem well recommended are the Opticron 3030689 Adventurer T WP 10x50 which I picked up from Amazon for less than £90.

[dexter77]

I have APM 10x50 ED, APM 16x70 ED and APM 25x100 ED. I think this is a perfect set-up.

I've started with Nikon 10x50 EX a few years ago.

[Carbon Brush]

I own, or have owned various Opticron binos and have always been pleased with the performance for the £££ spent.

10x50 is a good astro size.
A 50mm objective gives decent light gather, without having to go to the gym for weight training.
10 magnification means you can view clusters, etc. and probably won't have a problem holding the image steady.
I have also been happy using 7x50. But binos are not my main viewing instrument.

Next step, a tripod mount - or even a parallegram mount. Sorry I'm spending .

HTH, David.

 

[Kluson]

The Opticron adventurers seem to get rave reviews by Stephen Tonkin the bino Guru. I have decided on a pair of those for one of Mrs K's Xmas present. We already have a spare tripod, so I'll get the bracket too 🙂