Razvann

Thanks for the advice! Whereas this would most likely solve the comfort and looking-straight-up issue I wonder if the image stays stable when you look through them (and touch the binoculars inevitably). I'm curious if the support is strong enough to negate tiny head movements (which would lead to a shaky image). My tripod is rather cheap and it was probably never meant for such high magnitudes. It has decent stability but it is probably more suitable for a camera than for long reaching binoculars.

I'm using an old pair of Nikon Prostaff 7 10x42 6deg waterproof that I had collecting dust in the attic before this.

I've been stargazing for a few months already using mainly a pair of binoculars that I had. I was looking for better equipment especially for stabilizing the image. I bought a cheap tripod with a ball head and a binoculars adaptor and it seemed like a good idea at first but now I see some problems: 1. It's very hard, if not impossible to see thigs that are right above me. Anything higher than 45 degrees up in the sky has me bend my neck and body in very uncomfortable positions. Looking at things that are right above me is basically impossible since my chin would eventually touch the tripod. 2. The image is still shaky. Better than nothing but far from what I expected. From what I've seen the smallest contact I have with the binoculars (even if it's just my eyebrows touching it) makes the image shaky because of my tiny natural head movements (caused by heartbeats usually). I have to sit somewhat away from the binoculars and not touch it at all for the image to be stable, which is pretty weird and results in a bad image. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or is there something wrong with the equipment or if I need something else. I'm looking for some feedback and eventual recommendations and I wanna know if a binoculars view can truly be stable (and comfortable) as well as a telescope one is.