Which eye

[alan potts]

I asked this about 4 years back but now we seem to have a lot of new memebers.

Which eye do you observe with, left right or both. I am righthanded but left master eye meaning I would be and am rubbish with a shotgun. I tend to use the left eye almost all the time but have tried the right without much success.

Alan

[Joe12345]

Same as you, left eye right hand. Although when I test a solar filter for the first time it's right

[Moonshane]

I am right handed, left footed, left eye dominant and observe with my right eye!

[employee2-4601]

I use my right eye as it's a little stronger than the left. Sometimes I switch to the left just to see what the difference is (and occasionally when my camera adapter gets in the way!)

[John]

I'm left handed and observe with my left eye. When I shoot or use a bow, I aim with my left eye and pull the trigger or loose the arrow with my left hand, not that I'm much good with such devices !

I've tried observing with my right eye and can do it but it doesn't feel natural. Maybe it would if I stuck at it ?

 

[xtreemchaos]

im right eye , but im both left and right handed but i use my left hand to do allmost everything,when i write i nearly allways use my right just because im neater. charl.

[Earl]

I used to look with my Left, one day i hope my eyes work again so i can once more

 

[ollypenrice]

Left eye dominant, left eye observing for me.

Olly

[Tinker1947]

Right for me....on both counts..

[Uplooker]

46 minutes ago, Moonshane said:

I am right handed, left footed, left eye dominant and observe with my right eye!

Your odd

I, on the other hand am normal as I am right handed and observe with my right

[mikeDnight]

Right eyed but my left eye is brighter and more blue sensitive. My right eye is more pink sensitive. I tend to prefere using a binoviewer for lunar and planetary observing then I get the best out of both. They tend to work better together!

Mike 

[Alien 13]

Right handed and use my right eye too apart from when viewing through binoculars then I tend to use both. The odd thing is although my left eye is very good anything I see with it alone doesn't register i.e. text etc is complete gobbledygook.

Alan

[opticalpath]

Left-footed, right-handed (though for some tasks I favour the left) and observe with the left eye .... a strong preference.

I think that observing with the 'wrong' eye is a good way occasionally to remind oneself what it's like for visitors/ guests who are not used to looking into an eyepiece.  It's easy to forget that it took us a while to learn the knack and that they won't see as much as we do on the first attempt.

Adrian

[Fozzie]

I'm right handed in everything,  writing, football, golf, squash.... heck I even dress to the right (too much?) But I observe with my left, unless I'm binoviewing, but then my left is noticeably dominant! Oh and I'm not bad with a shotgun, terrible with a bow and arrow though!

[niallk]

Yes too much Fozzie

Right handed, right footed, observe with right eye, but snowboard goofy and arm wrestle left handed...

[chiltonstar]

Right eye for astronomy, right eye for pistol/rifle shooting.

Chris

[Piero]

+1 left eye  

[employee2-4601]

Quite a few fighting astronomers, by the looks of things (I'm a third dan in Iaido, as it happens...)

[Steamer Phill]

I'm right handed and and struggle with both at the moment lol ? 

[laudropb]

Right handed, but I can , and do use either eye for observing.

[jkwhinfrey]

I'm right handed for the most part.

My right eye is sharper and I tend favour it when that's most useful, but he left eye seems to go deeper on the faint fuzzy stuff. I think that the left dilates more than the right.

So right for lunar, solar and planetary, but left for deep-sky... mostly

James

[alan potts]

Interesting from all of you, a mixed bag for sure. I was never any good at football so being right footed didn't seem to matter, I used to bat right handed though and drum righthanded, like Buddy Rich but not as good, in fact I am sure he would still be better even though he has not been with us for 29 years.

One thing I do find funny is how much your observing eye can dilate when even looking at Jupiter, changing eyes highlights this. I believe it was Piero that mentioned allowing a good time to adapt after viewing bright objects before looking for DSO's, good advice.

 

[jetstream]

10 hours ago, laudropb said:

Right handed, but I can , and do use either eye for observing.

me too

[Earl]

well im right handed, but eat left handed, and my left eye has better focus than my right, but it has noticeably more nystagmus than my right.

[Special K]

Well we're certainly a mixed bag, aren't we Alan!  I hear better with my left ear so will put my wife off the starboard beam when I sense dangerous waters are coming 

Left eye dominates and is much more comfortable for observing than using the right even though it has more astigmatism. But the right eye is more nearsighted so it works out. Now, if floaters get annoying I will switch, but it doesn't last. I feel much more at home with my worse eye at bat. I shoot pool comfortably as a left handed, but shoot guns with the right. I shoot craps (dice) with my right as I'm right handed.  But DIY is my ace in the hole as I can hammer confidently with both. Such is life!