Several years ago I got a "manual" telescope and it was such a chore to get it lined-up (my technical term) that it now collects dust. I was able to just point it up and fidget with eyepieces and knobs to see some stars and the moon and that was pretty cool but I never had a clue what I was looking at (well, I knew what the moon was).
What does it take to get that telescope you have triangulated? Do you need some amount of expertise, or does the computer do most of the work for you?
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