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Bi-nocu-lars (Columbia Tri-Star ©)

A clip from the movie Snatch where Sol (Lennie James) asks Vinnie (Robbie Gee) if that was the man, Vinnie doesn’t know but asks how many fingers the man had to which Sol sarcastically replies, “I’m sorry, I couldn’t get the bi-nocu-lars out in time!”

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Can you look at these binoculars?

http://www.binoculars-uk.co.uk/acatalog/Barr___Stroud_Sahara.html – the 10×50s.
Are they as good as they look to be? Failing that can anyone recommend a good (sub £100) general purpose pair of astro binos – used handheld, sometimes as the primary instrument, sometimes as spotters in conjunction with a telescope.

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Are most/all the constellations we see with binoculars within our galaxy?

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if binoculars make things look bigger?

why don’t they make the distance between the observer and the object look bigger?

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While using your telescope and/or binoculars, what’s the most amazing thing you’ve seen in the evening sky?

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