Kneeling? Sitting? Standing? All three!
Of course, it depends where you want to look. I recommend that old beat up gas lift office chair. On my 8", that gets me from low elevation (mainly for collimating) up to vertical (at a stretch). I've recently replaced the gas lift with a longer one which makes observing at the zenith much easier from the seated position, but it won't go low enough, if I'm silly enough to want to observe something close to the horizon. A 10" will be a little higher at the Zenith, but much the same height as an 8" at low elevation.
Look for "observing chairs" or "stellar chairs" on this forum for ideas.
Eric
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Originally Posted by prova
thanks all for your input .. think ill head toward the 10" skywatcher dob if they will do the swap
my final question is as far as height goes on the dob, is it in a standing/kneeling/sitting position?
obviously with an eq mount on a tripod you adjust the height to suit the viewer but just unsure with the dob as i've never actually seen a 10" in real life!
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