These are astronomy binoculars that are there which have been used by the stargazers who do not want to spend a lot on the first set of binos.
Astronomy binoculars have a set of requirements which are very different from the requirements that are there for the normal hunting binoculars or the bird watching binoculars.
A lot of astronomy enthusiasts have bought this as at 100mm objective lens diameter and the cost of less than $200.00. It is a deal and for sure it helps to know that a lot of others are available with 7×50 or 12×80 Celestron at double the costs.
Here are the specifications
Field of View is 3.5 degrees
Bak-4 prisms
Multi-coated optics
No center focusing knob
Built-in dark sky nebula filter for the 12×60 range.
The 25×100 have a weight of approx 10 pounds
Objective lens have deep green multi-coating
The nebula filters are required in astronomy so that you can view the entire nebula like Veil Nebula in Cygnus. You need to view the entire nebula and for that you will need lower magnification provided by the binoculars like Apogee or Celestron.
As is the case most of the manufacturing is done China and the quality is good. These do not have a rubber armor which is the most common thing nowadays in almost all the binoculars.
For Beginners
For the price and the features the Apogee binoculars pack in a lot of punch and that means that they are a must purchase for someone who is beginning to get into astronomy and star-gazing.
You can easily set them up as opposed to a lot of other binoculars with which you will have to struggle as a beginner. These are what is called as value for money binoculars .
For more detailed discussion on astronomy binoculars read my post here on the features of the astronomy binoculars
Here is the list of binoculars available via Apogee
Galileo LE-856 Long Eye-Relief Binoculars
12×60mm Astrovue Binocular
20×100mm Astrovue Binoculars
alileo GR-BC3 2 MegaPixel Digital Binocular Camera
Astro-vue RA-88SA binoculars
Some of the other astronomy binoculars are
Celestron 20×80 SkyMaster Giant Binoculars
Bushnell Legend 12×50 Porro Prism Binoculars
Celestron 25×100 Astronomy Binoculars
Bushnell Powerview 16×50 Porro Prism Binoculars
