Another approach is to go ahead and open both eyes. This actually works
fairly well - especially if you look through the scope with the dominant
eye. It provides quite a bit of relief even if you still resort to "one
eye" frequently during a long observing session.

Steve Preston
Bellevue, WA
mailto:stevepr at acm.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of osprey at nwinfo.net
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 8:29 PM
> To: TWEETERS at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: "Scope Eye"
>
>
> Mary,
>
> I have an eyepatch and keep it in my binos case. During long scans the
> patch does increase my comfort level. I bought one at the drug store.
>
> Denny Granstrand
> Yakima, WA
>
> At 08:24 PM 1/15/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Anything to be done for this malady? I mean, when it starts driving you
> >crazy trying to keep your "other" eye closed while using a scope? Has
> >anyone ever tried using an eyepatch??
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Mary Klein
> >Seattle
> >mailto:bassclef at aa.net
> >
> >
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> * Denny Granstrand *
> * Yakima, WA *
> * osprey at nwinfo.net *
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