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Originally Posted by Cajundaddy View Post
I like medium size binos (8x42) hand held in a lounge chair under dark skies a lot. You can just relax and sweep the milky way in comfort. Any larger and they really need a parallelogram mount to put you in a comfortable viewing position. Trying to use them on a standard tripod is really awkward when looking up unless they have right angle eyepieces.
I use my 20x70s on a monopod. Not as steady as a tripod but you can tilt it while sitting comfortably.
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