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from one new dobbie owner to another. i have had mine two weeks and would have racked up 30+ hours of viewing. from aligning the finder each night, i can now quite confidently have a look in the sky, point my finder and scope in the general area and then look thru the finder to lock onto target. i then look through one of the larger ep's 30 or 40mm.
sometimes i am squatting near the base of the unit, lining the scope up and then looking thru finder.
As an example, with my wife as an observer, i put my self under pressure in showing her things as quickly as possible. I was very happy with how quick i could now line up clusters and galaxies in all points of the sky.
I find that the hunting down of an object is fun, my next task is to try and track ie keep it in view. The actual lining up is no more tedious than wheeling the scope out from the garage
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