Peter,
One thing I've regularly encountered when reading equipment manuals is that the "authors" invariably seem to assume the reader has prior knowledge, ie: manuals/guides are rarely, if ever, written with a complete newcomer in mind.
If you are brave enough to proceed, please consider that not everyone has a completely clear 360 deg view of the night sky, I for example have nothing visible to the north, a line of trees from east to west and hanging overhead limits my view.
As a parallel, it's crossed my mind to document the "ins and outs" of hanging a DSLR off the back of an SCT as I've yet to find a suitable beginners "guide" online.
