I set my 10 inch DOB up with a home made inclinometer and have a 360 deg graduated disk for Az. I have "Starry Night" on the laptop with a red screen in front of the normal screen. I pick an area on Starry Night and use my push to if conditions are poor ( near a City) I then star hop to the target. A big advantage is I can zoom in on the lappy to suite what I see, I can also reverse the lappy view to suit the eyepiece. It works great, I can find anything within the conditions and scopes ability.
I voted random, but i will start planning, using RTGUI.
I keep a diary of observations. I use a cheap small tape recorder to record my observations and enter them later. Its interesring to listen to coments.
Geoff
