ckp82 Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Hi, I have a kind of love/hate relationship with astronomy, in winter I love it and in summer less so, or any time it's cloudy! I started off doing visual and had great fun learning the constellations and how to star hop, but I can't seem to wear my glasses at the eyepiece and the eye strain started giving me headaches. Rather than give up I looked into e.a.a and this is a path I'm currently learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweller25 Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Hello and welcome to SGL 👍 I can relate to eye strain at the eyepiece, I am 100% visual and also wear glasses and did two things to sort the problem out. 1. Buy eyepieces with long eye relief - I find 20mm best. 2. Buy a pair of binoviewers, these combined with the long eye relief eyepieces make for very relaxed viewing whilst still wearing your glasses. Hope that helps 🙂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp82 Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 1 hour ago, dweller25 said: Hello and welcome to SGL 👍 I can relate to eye strain at the eyepiece, I am 100% visual and also wear glasses and did two things to sort the problem out. 1. Buy eyepieces with long eye relief - I find 20mm best. 2. Buy a pair of binoviewers, these combined with the long eye relief eyepieces make for very relaxed viewing whilst still wearing your glasses. Hope that helps 🙂 Thanks for the welcome dweller25. I did try upgrading to a bit eyepiece having a longer eye relief but I liked to squish my eye right into the eyepiece for a more immersive view, maybe that didn't help! The e.a.a is a more efficient way I find, it's never long before the clouds roll in and end the session abruptly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floater Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 8 hours ago, ckp82 said: I have a kind of love/hate relationship with astronomy Oh you are going to fit right in here on SGL, to say you found your peers is an understatement. Welcome to SGL! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp82 Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 2 hours ago, Floater said: Welcome. Hope you have lots of fun. 🙂 Thanks Floater, I'm sure I will! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp82 Posted July 29 Author Share Posted July 29 34 minutes ago, Sunshine said: Oh you are going to fit right in here on SGL, to say you found your peers is an understatement. Welcome to SGL! Thanks Sunshine, I knew I wouldn't be the odd one out! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 1 Share Posted August 1 Welcome to the forum, I know what you mean about getting your eye in closer but you may have to research for more comfortable eyepieces, it can be an expensive experiment to get a few you can relax into. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckp82 Posted August 1 Author Share Posted August 1 Thanks for the welcome Coco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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