Which eye?

[West End Wendy]

I'm right-handed and I observe exclusively with my left eye. I would like to have the option of using the right eye occasionally but my brain just won't let me.

Is this pretty common, or do others find it easy to swap eyes?

Tim

[Slippy]

I'm always swapping from eye to eye when im observeing, normaly if im concentrating to much the eye on my scope will always go blury.

It's all in your head! Just don't think about what eye your useing, im sure you will get use to it.

[Stu]

I'm exactly the same as you Tim, right handed and use my left eye to observe. From the odd clay pigeon shooting day I believe I am left eye dominant.

I've posted about this before, but my main reason for using my left is that I see far detail more with it. Images seem less intense but I can pick out fine detail which is invisible with my right eye. As an example, I can see, relatively clearly, the GRS through my 66mm apo with my left eye, not a chance with my right!

My just be worth giving your right a go, might be better!

Stu

[chiltonstar]

As above, I can use either eye, but see different amounts of detail, and one eye is more sensitive at low light levels than the other.

I am right eye dominant, but the left has slightly sharper focus. In my pistol shooting days, I tried using the non-dominant (left) eye because it was sharper, but found that eyestrain set in quite quickly, and I've found the same with astronomy.

Chris

[LukeSkywatcher]

I'm right handed and observe with my right eye. However, recently i have switched observing eye from time to time and i have noticed that my left eye can see fainter objects then my right eye.

I guess from now on i will use my right eye for planetary work and my left eye for DSO's.

[Double Kick Drum]

I am right handed and normally view with the left eye which seems to have better sensitivity in the dark.

My right eye seems to be better at detail.

I just swap eyes occaisionally (not literally).

[Astro Imp]

I'm right handed and use my right eye for observing. On occasions I have tried my left eye and it just felt weird - don't know why.

[CJBooth]

Right & right here. Anything "left" just feels strange!

[kniclander]

As above, I can use either eye, but see different amounts of detail, and one eye is more sensitive at low light levels than the other.

I have noticed this with my eyes - I think it's quite common which may be one reason why binoviewers work so well

[Stu]

That's a good point kniclander. I don't get on with bino viewers, and often think it is because my eyes are SO different that I struggle to merge the images.

It's not related to long or short sightedness, I think it's to do with sensitivity of the retina

Stu

[Marcrosson]

I'm right handed but when I observe I tend to automatically use my left eye which is odd because my right eye is my better eye.

I have to always remind myself to use my right eye!

I also wear glasses but take them off while stargazing.

[Moonshane]

right handed and right eyed. maybe I should try my left! - I am left dominant.

[ollypenrice]

You can find your dominant eye by holding a finger at arm's length and aligning it to a more distant object. Swap from just one eye to the other and the non dominant does a parallax jump. It's a characteristic of dyslexic people to have only a weakly dominant eye or none at all.

I had no idea that some people observe with their non dominant (submissive??) eye.

That's interesting. My weaker eye would need a twenty inch Newt to see a football at ten feet.

Olly

[RikM]

I am definitely right eye dominant, and mostly righthanded but not strongly so. I tried using my left eye to look at the moon the other day in an attempt to preserve some dark adaptation in my right eye, but I just couldn't my eye placement correct let alone see any detail with it.

[brantuk]

Right hand, Right eye for me - I've tried my Left eye and it's sorta ok but not as good. I found binoviewers perfect cos I can adjust each diopter independently to suit that particular eye - I reserve the right eye only for single Televue pieces now lol

[ollypenrice]

I reserve the right eye only for single Televue pieces now lol

Very good, very good!

I hope you use eye drops first...

Olly

[saturn4me]

I just swap eyes occaisionally (not literally).

:D

That made me chuckle!!

[swamp thing]

My weaker eye would need a twenty inch Newt to see a football at ten feet.

Olly

Snap. My weaker eye is pretty useless too.

blumming thing won't focus for toffee.

Regards Steve

[Peter Drew]

Right handed, right eye dominant. I think the eye that you "train" always gives the best detail. My right eye is less sensitive, years of solar observation?

[brantuk]

Lol Olly

[Nexus 6]

Left handed but use my right eye to observe with...am I a freak? my left eye is not too good...especially when it comes to looking at the weekly bills :(