Australian Sky & Telescope

Easy, large, unobstructed binoculars

ANYBODY FAMILIAR with my column knows that I’m a bit of a binocular nut. The view through two eyes impresses me much more than the view with one eye closed.

But I’m not normally a fan of binoviewers. The designs I’ve seen all use beam splitters to divide the

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