[mura_gadi (Steve)]

Hello,

I'll second Scott's suggestion of a chair, I got a gas lift bar stool for $20 from a garage sale. One of the better accessories you can get imo for a 8" dob. There is a post here on ISS for music chairs that were suitable and very reasonably priced new. They also looked pretty light, my gas lift is upwards of 4kilos and is not flat and foldable.

I'd throw in an eye patch as a very close second, closing or squinting an eye is not the best way to view and leads to eye strain.

If your viewing from a light polluted area make a dew shield, they work very well at keeping stay light out as well. (Any black non-glossy stiff light weight material will do) Not sure if you have the collapsible scope dob, if you do make/get a shroud, even if its a pillow case and two bungy straps to keep it in place to start with...

Also, as Scott suggested, spend time at the eye piece for a while, work out what you like and don't like. Then open up the wallet.


Steve
Ps. I put a sanding stone to the focuser on my SW down as per a few websites, I found it a huge improvement.

Pps. If you have a lot of bright lights around your viewing area, covering your head and the focuser can help a lot. Something like a hoodie aka Kenny from South Park would be ideal.