[Librarian64]

I just received my LX90 last week and after a few teething problems with auto alignment I think I've got the hang of it. I was beginning to get a bit frustrated as the first 2 attempts the alignment stars seemed too far out to be realistic. However as someone above pointed out, perhaps this is intentional to allow for manual fine tunings. I like the ease of the red spot smart finder thingy; combined with the other finder, it makes for very quick and accurate fine alignment. Last night the first alignment star was Canopus; quite a long way of the mark. I aligned it than it chose Rigel Kent which was also a little bit out but closer than Canopus had been. I aligned it. Got the 'alignment successful' prompt, then like acropolite used the GOTO for Jupiter and it slewed for an almost perfect dead center view. I have to say it was pretty exciting for me. I love the way the scope seems to stop moving before the alarm but when you look throught the eyepiece the scope is still slowly tracking in. Watching Jupiter slide almost dead center was an extremely satisfying experience.

This was out of the box. I didn't have to train the drives or calibrate the sensors. Also the optics were perfect as an out of focus star was a perfect donut shape.

I'm very happy with my choice of scope. I know how much SCTs are criticised for their optics. However Jupiter looked stunning to me and I really can't complain at all.

I must try the two star method as It sounds like it may be the best overall way to align scope.