I observe with the left eye even though I am right handed. I am just wondering if people normally observe with the same eye as their hand preference and if I am perhaps being a little unusual (Again!)
Last edited by Tropo-Bob; 18-06-2016 at 08:35 AM.
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I'm also right handed but observe with my left eye. I'm not sure why I started with that eye but it just feels natural. Trying to observe with my right eye now just feels uncomfortable and weird. I never actually checked to see which of my eyes provided the best views so I could be missing out.
Right handed and goofy footed. I naturally use my right eye for most things even though I have better sight in my left eye.
It often catches me off guard when I remember to change over to the left eye. Even though my vision is good generally, the slight astigmatism in my right eye really stuffs up the finer details.
TBH, most of the time I just look at the image on my laptop/TV and let a camera do all the work.
It's a good idea to get comfortable with using both. By default I'd go for the right eye, but it's good to swap. Sometimes your eye gets tired. Also the brain responds subtly differently and most people over 40 (and many much younger than that) have different degrees and types of eyesight defects in their two eyes. My eyesight is pretty good for my age but my left eye is slightly better.
Also with a right-angle finder it's very handy to be able to quickly jump between finder with right eye to eyepiece with left eye. If you're into star-hopping with a Dob, I'd highly recommend it.
PS. On an unrelated note I sat in a lecture theatre last week with about 160 chairs. The chairs were the fold out desk type. I quickly realised that every single chair in the room was built for right handed people. Pretty poor planning I thought given that a left handed person would no doubt start to struggle after an hour or two (my sister's left handed).
Right handed and right eyed , mostly .
