What you guys sit on?

[borispider]

Just like my dob mount and wooden tripod legs, I plan on making some kind of observing chair.
For versatility & simplicity sake I'm thinking/planing on making a Lybar chairlink. It can be used as a chair, desk, step stool and so on.

What do you guys sit on?

[boomboom]

I usually stand….it's a Refractor after all and MUST be shown the due RESPECT it deserves. At Zenith I kneel….for the same respectful reasons

Truthfully, I have always stood only sitting down to get to the eyepiece when it's easy and then its a chair,stool or rung on a ladder. My other scope is a 10" Newt, and going against the grain it is on an EQ mount. Rotating rings are my next project.

I gotta say the Lybar chair looks like a good idea, didn't come from Ikea did it? Sort of thing that does although Ikea don't seem to be into Astro stuff…..yet.

I'll have to nail my own Lybar chair together and give it a go.

Cheers
Matt

[borispider]

Not Ikea, lol. Your tri-pod legs must be much longer than mine. And when I do get around to making wood legs they
will be longer than the stock legs I have now. At home I leave my legs at "half-staff" an lounge on the concrete
landing by the front door. Out on 'location' I find myself in need of a stool for relaxed viewing.
Plus I was going to put a board on one side of the Lybar chair so I could use it as a step to stand on for out-
reach programs that my club does, so the kids can reach the ep.

[Vondragonnoggin]

I have seen some nice Lybar chair examples. They work really good. I was lazy and ordered the smart seat pro from smartastronomy. Rated to 400lb w/adjustable cushioned seat on rungs that put the seat from 13" to 34". A comfortable chair has made the world of difference in being able to relax enough while viewing to really increase my observing skills. I just see more. I always recommend them. As valuable to me as good optics, eyepieces, etc. Doesn't matter if you buy or make one, as long as you have one. Istar scopes do pose some challenges with the longer tubes, but if you can be comfortable observing the majority of the time, you'll thank yourself for the chair effort.

[bn1777]

I love my 'Bintel' observing chair , the single best observing tool I have ever got , so easy at the eyepiece end of mt 127mm f8 Istar .
Matt understands this better than most , I don't have enough fingers on both hands to count the years of sitting on the ground , kneeling ( praying ) , squatting , at the eyepiece of my beloved Refractors until I got my observing chair ,,, awesome tool .
Brian

[boomboom]

Brian what is the lowest and highest setting of the Bintel chair? Should look it up I suppose. The chair Vondragonnoggin uses sounds pretty good….but yikes I just converted 400lbs to kgs…..181kgs…. a serious chair. I need to go from 12" or so up to standing, or up a short ladder, so at the moment I use a stool a chair and a ladder, far from ideal, and yes I have fallen over the chair in the dark but it won't happen again. Note to self never use a black painted chair at night for observing. At least for some objects I can ditch the diagonal and look straight through….things like Jupiter for instance. No need for a Tak Prisim diagonal here…no sir just 150mm of extension tubes instead. A consequence of making my scope bino friendly with no OCS needed.
Matt