Ahhhh - glad I'm not the only one Darren
because damn that finderscope was annoying so thanks for the prompt reply Ken (first thing to fix tonight).
The expectation was for planets to zip across the view (it does in Stellarium etc. ) so no supprises there I just thought I would be better at moving the scope (didn't find the movement that smooth at high mag). What sort of magnifications would you other 12" dob users recommend for the planets?
Like I said this was start and will see where it goes
Potential upgrade path would be a decent goto mount for the tube in the future but I note that some of you (like yourself Mike) you have commented that's a pain for visual observing because of where the eyepeices end up. I just figured that relative range of montions of the scope on the goto mount would be comparable to the dob mount just maybe higher thus worst case needing to use a step. Was that the case? Must confess I do like the thought of a computer keeping a planet centered in view
Cheers,
Scott