[johngwheeler (John)]

Hi,

I'm quite myopic (-4.25d) and normally wear contact lenses. I believe I have slight astigmatism, but have never really noticed this manifest itself when wearing glasses or contact lenses.

I do find that I have to blink quite a bit to remove "flare" or "coma" effects (not sure if my terminology is correct!) from very bright objects (e.g. Moon, Venus, bright stars). Is this normal, or an effect of my contact lenses?

Would I be better off wearing my glasses? Downside is eye relief, extra layer of glass reducing brightness, and additional imperfections in my glasses.

If I remove my lenses and glasses, would I then have problems with astigmatism, which are at least corrected somewhat by the lenses / glasses?

Just interested to hear what experienced short-sighted astronomers do!