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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    2023 March 17. At about 6.20 pm Venus and Jupiter were seen in the same field of the 4x21 Bushnell Xtrawide binocular. I estimated the separation as about 16 degrees. They looked nice in the binocular. Also just seen in the same field of the Dowling and Rowe 4x22 binocular. I estimated the...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    March 7 2023 18.27 UT/GMT. Bausch and Lomb Elite 10x42P. Separation estimated as 5.45 degrees. Just in the same binocular field with quite good images of Jupiter and Venus near the field stop. Nicely seen with unaided eyes. Regards, B.
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    March 2 2023. 17.58 to 18.04 UT/GMT. Beautiful. Saw Jupiter and Venus in Swift 8.5x44 HR/5. Then unaided eyes and distance glasses and without glasses. In Canon 18x50 IS separation about 1/5th field or 46 arcminutes. Clear sky, pair quite high in a very light sky. Jupiter's pale disc seen...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Cloudy for me this evening and yesterday. But some good photos by others this evening. Closest 04.46 UT tomorrow 29.4 arc minutes. The U.S.A. has good prospects this evening with Venus and Jupiter about 30 arc minutes or half a degree apart. Should be good in a spotting scope at medium to...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 27 2023 18.02 UT/GMT Jupiter seen well in a light sky, Venus overbright in Canon 18x50. Separation 2.5 degrees. Kowa 20x50 straight spotting scope, hand held, both planets in the same field, separation estimated as 2.4 degrees. So, maybe 2.45 degrees separation. Regards, B. P.S. Actual...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 26 2023 18.18 UT. Clear, transparent and steady Seeing. Jupiter and Venus in same field of 18x50 binocular. I estimate separation as 3.5 degrees or 3.45 degrees. Regards, B.
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 25 2023. 18.11 UT/GMT In Bausch and Lomb 10x42P Elite I thought separation about 4.4 degrees, but wasn't sure. 18.16 UT Zeiss 15x60 Venus dazzlingly bright but both planets looked good near field edge. Separation 4.2 (or 4.15) degrees. Some cloud nearby. Moon way above the pair of...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 24 2023. 18.10 UT/GMT Bausch and Lomb 10x42P Elite I estimated separation as 5.4 degrees. Planets looked good near field stop of 5.6 degree field. Crescent Moon about 23 degrees above Jupiter. At 18.30 UT the planets and Moon were beautiful in a clear sky. At 17.45 UT I saw both...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    18.36 UT/GMT. Crescent Moon, Jupiter and Venus in the same field of Bushnell Xtrawide 4x21. Very nice sight. They cover a distance of 17 degrees at this time. In addition I took some quick photos with Canon G16 and a fox was running up and down the slanting garage roof less than ten yards...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 23 2023 18.04 UT/GMT Using Canon 10x42L binocular I make the separation to be 6.65 degrees. Marginally outside field, although with IS off they may seem to be in the same field. The amazing thing is that with this binocular both Jupiter and Venus show as bright normal images without any...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 19 2023. 18.02 to 18.10 UT/GMT. Beautiful clear and fairly transparent sky, still bright sky. Foton 5x25. I estimate the separation of Venus and Jupiter as 10.7 degrees. This is less precise as I couldn't quickly find an 11 degree binocular. Because of cloudy conditions this is the first...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    My sample is nowhere near 16.25 degrees, at least for me. How did you measure the TFOV? It could be that our eyes differ. I am far sighted. I don't wear glasses with binoculars. Slightly near sighted might explain the difference. I will compare the magnification against the Foton 5x25. Here...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 14 2023. 18.02 to 18.05 UT/GMT Transparent sky. Venus and Jupiter look very nice in Bushnell Xtrawide 4x21. Nice images. They are both seen in the same field of the Dowling and Rowe 4x22. However, both are very smeared into lines parallel to the field edges, Extreme coma. They are not...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Feb 13 2023. 18.30 to 18.35 UT/GMT. Jupiter and Venus well within the field of 4x21 Bushnell Xtrawide binocular. Aircraft moving through field. Estimate separation as 16.25 to 16.5 degrees. However, they are just outside the field of the Dowling and Rowe/Libra 4x22. So, I make the separation...
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    Xtrawide 4x21 Venus and Jupiter

    Clear and transparent now. Venus and Jupiter nice in the Xtrawide 4x21, but I didn't find Saturn. The two bright planets are not yet in the same field of 18.5 degrees. I estimate the separation ten minutes ago as about 21 degrees. They should be in the same field in the 2x54 and similar...
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