I have an 8" newtonian reflector on an EQ5. To avoid lying on my back on the ground or doing interesting contortions to look through the eyepiece or finderscope as the scope is swung around targets across the sky, I loosen the rings off and rotate the OTA - usually pulling the tripod up onto two legs stuffing the alignment, or putting the scope out of balance as the felt pads seem to encourage the OTA to slide up and down but not around, or doing who knows what to the collimation as I push and shove it.
Any clever tips from experience out there?
I've worked out that there is a reasonable range of movement in which the eyepiece is reasonably accessible (even when the focusser is "upside down"). Perhaps only go for observing targets within that range of movement?
Suggestions such as "Get a refractor" or "Get an SCT" shall be politely ignored
