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Im a newbie to all this as well. I dont know if you ended up buying a Telrad or anything but if you did I would be interested to hear your review. I just have the standard 8" dob, stellarium and a few star books at the moment. I found a book called "A guide to the night sky" in my local post office and I have been working my way through the star hopping section and it has been great as it gives a great tour of each section of the sky.
The the way I move the telescope around is to pretend I am sighting down a cannon or something. It is hard to explain but you sort of have to ignore the direction everything is moving and thinkabout where youneed to point the telescope. I had to do that in the early days with my microscope but eventually it just became automatic - if I try to think about which way to scroll though I go blank!
I think I am getting better. The first time I played with my telescope I had to almost hug it to move it around as I got so confused with the upside down image! I have only been out 4 times so far but was amazed at how fast the time went (4 hours on one night) and I didnt even notice how cold I was until I went back inside!
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