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(17 customer reviews) 85 of 88 people found the following review helpful
Celestron SkyMaster 25X100 ASTRO Binoculars,
August 18, 2004 L. Olson (Columbia SC) - See all my reviews
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BACKGROUND:
I am an amateur astronomer and Vice President of the local Astronomy club. I own
several pairs of large binoculars and have looked through many more. My needs were
beautiful images of deep sky objects at a price I could justify. The Celestron 25x100
Skymaster Binoculars meet those needs.
GENERAL COMMENTS:
The binoculars arrived July 2004 and had a collimation error of about 1 degree (very
bad collimation). Celestron support was contacted at the request of Amazon support
and confirmed what I already knew, factory repair was required. I lacked the skills
and equipment to collimate and refill with nitrogen. Amazon promptly picked up the
broken pair and delivered a new pair in just a few days. What a difference a few days
made. The new pair was packaged inside a secondary box and arrived in pristine
condition. Daytime collimation was...Read more
32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Grab one while they last!!!,
December 14, 2005 Tom Hannigan - See all my reviews
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I have been using these Binocs for about 6 months now and find them a genuine joy everytime I bring them out. On a recent autumn evening from a hotel balcony overlooking a golf course I was able to take in a marvelous variety of deep space objects. The sky was fairly dark- but by no means out in the country- and I saw the beauty of M4, M8, M20, M26, M16, M13,M31, M27,... and more. These are definitely Astro binoculars. They do need a tripod. You focus each eye individually. And there is some fade out in sharp focus as the eye reaches the outer edges of the field of view. This is not something I get worried about for $250. Maybe $1250. I have a Sunpack heavy duty photo tripod that goes for about $80 at Best Buy, and I use the Sunpak adapter to attach the Celestron. It is NOT the sturdiest set-up, but I found that I put the tripod into some very warped positions (one leg sometimes) and walk it around for better views. I can fit the entire Plaeides into the FOV and the view of the...Read more
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Don't spend too much for an expensive tripod,
September 13, 2005 O. Cherkezian (California USA) - See all my reviews
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It is a good binocular for the money. I have a 4 inch telescope also, but this bino has wider angle and is easier to stargaze. When both eyepieces are set on a wider view, I am getting double vision. Maybe my eyes, or out of collimation. When eyepieces are closed where you only see one circle with both eyes, then there is no problem. However, the most important thing to know is that you must have a heavy duty tripod. If I had researched in advance that a heavy duty tripod is a real must for this bino, I wouldn't buy it. Because those tripods can cost more than the binocular. After researching and testing the tripods at the photo shops, I finally bought "Slik Pro 700 DX" tripod on the net for $140. It was indeed a good decision.
