I think the question of time is very important (BTW I'm pretty sure that you know the sky quite well by now). I feel that I have quite a lot of time for observing under good dark skies and so feel quite luxurious about mucking around finding things. If you don't have this luxury Argo is the way to go. So I imagine your obs reports are going to be quite a bit longer now - excellent!
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Originally Posted by Lismore Bloke
Thanks Patrick and Andrew,
I know there are some who don't really agree with devices like the Argo, thinking that one should learn the sky by star-hopping. While I respect those views, my telescope time is rather precious and anything that will help me find things quickly, and spend quality time at the eyepiece is worth having. I saw more in that short session than in any 3 normal sessions trying to find things by map, torch and star-hop.
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