Turns out my dominant eye is my right eye, which also has a fair amount of astigmatism (which, rather surprisingly, proves beneficial to seeing/reading up close), so I've trained myself to use my left eye for observing. I've been doing it long enough now that I don't even think about it anymore. --- On Mon, 6/25/12, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Right Angle Finder Scopes To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Monday, June 25, 2012, 11:04 AM This also brings to light a common problem with Newtonians. Often the focuser/finder is setup for the non-dominant eye. You want your dominant eye closest to the tube when using a straight-through finder scope or reflex sight. Otherwise you must either use your non-dominant eye to sight with, or walk around to the other side of the tube.
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 9:17 AM, <erikhansen@thebluezone.net> wrote:
Gets back to what system you have, my 6" is mounted much higher than most to reduce contortions to begin with IE no need for a riser.
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