The "Air Chair" by TeleVue Optics is one of the most useful and comfortable observing accessories on the market today. It is especially well suited for owners of Schmidt Cassegrain and refractor telescopes that, when they are aimed at objects from 45 degrees to the zenith, require the observer to get closer the ground to reach the eyepiece. This normally means you have to lean forward while bending your neck and back which results in an unbalanced, unsteady position.

It is a known fact that when you are seated, your center of gravity is parallel with the trunk of your body and because of this, your head is much easier held in a steady position behind the eyepiece.

The Air Chair has a thickly padded round seat covered in water resistant black vinyl that rotates 360 degrees on a pedestal attached to three sturdily reinforced legs. The pneumatic tube that controls up and down movement is a snap to adjust while you are seated allowing precise eye to eyepiece alignment for comfortable viewing.

When not in use the seat of the Air Chair is easily removed by loosening a large thumbscrew and the legs fold in and lock into a small package about 20 inches long and 4 inches in diameter.

Using the Air Chair at the Winter Star Party last February for six straight nights totally eliminated the stiff back I usually end up with from spending long hours at the eyepiece, bent in half like a pretzel.