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Hi Colin,
Your post resonated quite strongly with me. I remember spending a week on holiday in Maine (USA) in autumn, with an ETX80, trying to work out how to set it up and align it so the goto pointed at what it was supposed to.
In the end I worked it out. But the pain and frustration was considerable. If you have the opportunity, seeking help from the local astronomy people is a much less painful way to go forward.
I think that an average person can work an LX90 - if they get some instruction at the start. It is quite civilised. But getting the idea behind the Autostar is not so obvious. The people at the astronomy club will be able to help here.
I cannot say if the Meade LX90 was the right scope for you. Mine has been for me. I am quite delighted with it. I acknowledge its limitations. But it gets me a long way forward for very little effort.
Best wishes for the future.
Regards,
Tony Barry
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