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Originally Posted by Robert9
Hi Renato, I have had both eyes fitted with new lenses. No pain, no strain! My lenses are fixed focus set to a mid-range working distance. I wear glasses all the time because I also have astigmatism, particularly in the right eye, but I find I can focus my scopes to accommodate my vision and use my left eye. My eyes were done a bit over 10 years ago and have not given me any trouble. I do understand that there may be new technology which allow for muscular control of focus, but don't know details. I'm sure your optometrist will know.
No fun getting old, but this op. will definitely work. Do it!
Robert
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Thanks Robert,
I must say I hadn't thought about the focus aspect. I have astigmatism too, but despite having lenses made by various manufacturers, I've never been able to use my glasses to read a book or a star atlas at the telescope. or even just for general wear because they make me feel 3 foot tall and they distort everything (tables look the food is about to roll off, doors look like rhombuses). So I only use them for looking at stars or driving at 100kph in dark places at night. They did make me a less strong pair of glasses for use on the computer or reading books - but I still found them annoying at those tasks, and it distorted the night sky a lot too.
So when you look at the night sky with eyeglasses, do you still see relatively good star points and crisp views of say the Eta Carina region? Are the eyeglasses set to compensate for the mid range working distance of the eye lenses? Or would one need on set of eyeglasses for the night sky, and one for more general use?
Thanks for any info you can give me.
Cheers,
Renato