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by wang_li 1947 days ago
Orion has considered this problem... :)

https://www.amazon.com/Orion-2x54-Ultra-Angle-Binoculars/dp/...

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That's a wider FoV, not a larger diameter objective. I was thinking more along the lines of...

http://www.jerryoltion.com/binoscope.htm

Or on a more serious note, binoculars do come with pretty large objectives, but they get to be expensive when you get past 100mm. Here's one with 150mm objectives. And since binoculars have two objectives, that has the light-gathering capability of an 8-inch telescope.

https://www.apm-telescopes.de/en/telescopes/bino-telescopes/...