Choosing big binoculars for astronomy?

Friday, January 2nd, 2009 at 9:31 am

Savannah asked:

I have considered zoom binoculars, big ones, small and different types of prisms. My budget is $273 for buying a pair of binoculars. I am looking for a pair that would maximize versatility according to the atmospheric conditions. So i thought about zoom binoculars to deal with that. BUT my old astronomy teacher said something like the image will be blurring beyond a magnification. i also looked at binoculars that have the stabilization thing in them but they rack up in prize like intelliscopes or goto telescopes do. I want a pair of binoculars that can be carried easily without a tripod too but can view a lot of the sky and messier objects. Sort of like a small telescope that can go anywhere. But i want it to maximize the aperchure while being low in cost. What i am trying to say is i want a pair of binoculars that are good alround for prescription drugs online without prescription astronomy.

Reply:

Zooms are terrible and Binoculars don't work much for astronomy

Get a small telescope instead.

$273 will buy you a nice scope

Otherwise just get a $100 pair of Bushnell or something.

7x35 or 10x35 or 15x50