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Originally Posted by mark3d
Thanks Bojan, I am not averse to learning the sky, that's the best way. I am just mindful when I have a small group standing around that it would be good to be able to quickly and easily find a few interesting targets. I guess familiarity will come with experience - I can easily find M42, Jupiter etc, now. This pushto solution might get us viewing a bit more stuff.
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I've felt that pressure too but when you think about it you shouldn't worry. It's your scope and your expertise (however great or small) and they are getting something for free. At club nights many people have looked through my scope - sometimes too many. Sometimes it felt like an obligation to provide 'David's skytour' rather then enjoying myself. So now I still let people view through my scope but it is on my terms - what I want to see and it's there when I find it.
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Originally Posted by gb_astro
If you go the star hopping route a Telrad finder is a great help with it's 4, 2 and 0.5 degree circles.
gb.
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+1 for star hopping. OK - I now use goto but I started out star hopping and can still do it. It's very educational. If you use a telrad and charts get a sheet of clear plastic and draw/print a set of circles that represent 4, 2 and 0.5 degrees on the chart. You then centre the circles over the DSO and you can see where the visible starts should be relative to the telrad circles. This makes the telrad about 5 times more useful.