G-Man

I have to commend this thread. A year ago I bought myself the SW127 Sky Max on the goto mount. I assumed it would guide me across the night sky like a magic carpet. As you've all suggested, it didn't and I fell back to the ground rather quickly. I laughed out loud when I realised that I was not the only one to have input the date wrongly, to wonder what time to put in amongst other handset dramas! It didn't help when I tried following the SW manual, not a comfortable read! A year later I have a good understanding of how my mount and scope work, but the world of astronomy is ever changing and thankfully there are threads like this and people like you to help us novices along! To sum up I have now managed to align my scope several times but now link it to my Mac with the wonderful and highly recommended Stellarium which is much easier to use than the handset! I look forward to conversing with you all soon. Good luck everyone and I think the sign off that I should use is, 'Clear Skies'!