Every binocular astronomer dreams of such a pair of Heaven-Grabbers!

Late WW II Zeiss giant binoculars since copied and revised by many others, including the Chinese in their giant 100mm border binoculars Zeiss

Alas and alack (as in a "lack of money")..... these rare collectibles sell for well over $6,000 (notice the coated optics, an innovation at the time, and found only in a few high-end military optics from Leitz and Zeiss.

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