Date: 12/4/25 8:41 am From: Gyekis, Joseph Peter <jpg186...> Subject: Re: Binoculars for students
Centred Outdoors has lots of Nocs compact bins that work fine for kids and can be loaned out for educational events in some cases.
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From: State College (PA) Bird Club <SCBIRDCL...> on behalf of Blizard, David A <dab22...>
Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2025 11:30:55 AM
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Subject: Re: Binoculars for students
C., I was on a cruise recently and one of the highlights was a series of lectures on the Origin of the Universe. The lecturer recommended getting a good set of binnies to look at the night sky..so, I am wondering whether any suggestions you receive for birding wd also be suitable for stargazing. On the surface, it doesn’t appear so but wd be interested to know…
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> On Dec 4, 2025, at 10:56 AM, Constanza Ehrenhaus <cxe1169...> wrote:
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> Good morning, club,
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> I am interested in knowing opinions about binoculars for a student group of young teenagers; they need to be decent, sturdy, and affordable. I see Cornell recommends Opticron Oregon 4 PC Oasis 8×42 as their top budget set, but these might be out of budget. If there is anything that, in your experience, is good enough but cheaper, I would like to know.
> Brownie points if you have purchased these to be used by a wide set of people, and not just one careful person, and you had good results.
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> Thank you!
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> Coty
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> Constanza Ehrenhaus.
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