I use my right, but I think its prob best if you keep both eyes open and just cover up the one you are not viewing with so you dont cause your viewing eye to squint.
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I am lefty for some reason. Perhaps because it's easier to close my right by itself than my left. Although, lately I have just been covering up my right eye with my hand to try to relax my gaze.
Celestron NexStar 8SE, Orion Stratus 24mm 17mm 13mm & 8mm, Orion Ultrablock, Orion Variable Moon Filter, Celestron f/6.3 FR, Canon Rebel 400D
Newbie "Right o'Passage" - Messier 70 Cert: 47/70 | S&T Lunar 100: 24/100
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Northwest OH
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I use my right, but I think its prob best if you keep both eyes open and just cover up the one you are not viewing with so you dont cause your viewing eye to squint.
Scopes:Zhumell Z10, Celestron C90, Celestron Nexstar 127slt, Celestron AZ3 mount
EP's: Zhumell 2" 30mm & 9mm ep, Celestron Omni 32mm, Orion Sirius 25mm, Celestron Axiom LX 23mm, Agena SWA 20mm, Russell Optics 2" research grade 18mm Konig, ES 82 14mm, ES 82 11mm, Celestron X-Cel LX 9mm, Apertura 2" 2x Barlow, Celestron 2x Barlow
Accessories: Telrad, Laser Pointer, Laser Collimator, 8x50 RACI, Astro Tech dielectric diagonal
Cams&Filters: Philips Toucam 740, Logitech C270, Solar filters, Moon filter, Celestron UHC
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Both, actually because I use binos. If I have the opportunity to use a scope, it's the right eye.
Celestron SkyMaster 15x70
"Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day. But when I follow at my pleasure the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the Earth." - Ptolemy
I use both, one at a time. I like to think that by alternating, I am preventing one eye from getting fatigued.
I usually start off with the right eye, however, when I first start viewing. And for my binos both, just like Simona.
Chris
Orion XT10SkyQuest Classic. Celestron NexStar 6SE. White 8" Newtonian. 10x42 Galileo Binoculars. As I lay in bed looking up to the stars, I thought to myself "Where the heck is the ceiling?"
Both for binos. Most likely my right eye when I finally setup my new scope.
John
Telescope: Orion SkyScanner (Table Top) Reflector, (100mm), Focal Length 400mm, f/4
EPs: Orion 10mm, 20mm
Filters: Meade Variable Polarizing Filter
Binos: Orion 10x50
Software: The SkyX First Light Edition
I don't think my left eye has ever looked through a telescope eyepiece.
When you look through a corrector plate you can see all the nice reflections inside and use both eyes. I recommend that.
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I use my right eye almost exclusively. I'll use my left for the finder if the orientation makes using the right eye impossible (Newt on an EQ mount, with a straight finder!), but it feels weird.
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Main: Orion 200mm f/4 Newtonian Astrograph; HEQ5 pro; KWIQ/QHY5 guide scope; Televue Paracorr 2; Siebert 3x Telecentric Barlow
Imaging Cameras: ATIK 383L+, EFW2 filter wheel, Astrodon LRGB filters (waiting for a break in the clouds); Canon 350D (modified/Baader);
EPs: 27mm TeleVue Panoptic; 8-24mm Baader Hyperion Mk III Zoom; 15mm, 6mm Antares W70;
Other: Celestron C-90 (old orange tube); Celestron 20x80 binos;
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I use my left eye 90% of the time. Though I am right-handed, my left eye has always been dominant. I discovered this shooting target rifles.
Sky-Watcher PRO 120 ED/CGEM , Orion ED80T CF imaging scope, with Mini-50 Guidescope/SSAG, Electric Focuser for AP and a Red Dot Finder, : Grab-n-Go's: Orion 8xt with Red Dot finder; and an ST80 in a Versago II mount with red dot finder and 50mm r/a finder. Travel Scope: (lives in my car) Orion 70mm Backpack Goscope Eyepieces:-- ES "82" 24mm, 18mm, 6.7mm; GSO ED 2-in 2x Barlow; 5mm, 10mm, and 20mm Brand X eps for the ST80. Other: Canon EOS T2i; a really old laptop, 20-foot cables, cords, battery-packs, adapters, and more junk every week
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Right eye mainly, except when using the binoviewers.
Ray
Celestron 8" Edge HD CGEM Mount
William Optics ZenithStar 80 ED APO with FR
I am strongly left eye dominant. I have tried to use my right eye before and cannot get it to work.
Tom
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Zhumell Z12; Jason 10X50 binoculars;
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