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Henri - just one other. One reason I went for the SCT was that it comes with an Autostar-driven GOTO alt-azimuth mount - which I could at least understand basic up-down-left-right celestial mechanics on first-up. Until I get to know where things are - especially deep-sky Messier objects which don't exactly stand out and are hard to find - I use the GOTO to view things that I'd possibly never stumble across on my own. It's great to know that I'm slowly letting my scope teach me which way to point when I want to see something.
I have a permanent ground-based wedge that I have to pick up yet, but have so far resisted. I'll get to polar alignment soon......
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