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Thanks for your help guys. I have figured it out but it's still a tad hit and miss. Being a newbie makes you learn fast. It also seems that since the day or so after I got my new toy it's been permanently cloudy!!!

Hello Filroden. I hope you don't mind my intrusion here. I am a newcomer to astronomy with a telescope, having only used binos before now. On having done research and negotiated patiently with my better half i leapt in feet first and decided to purchase a Celestron AVX 9.25 with the Goto mount. This appears to be the same as yours. I set mine up yesterday afternoon for the first time and figured out as much as I could, then set it up again in the dark and pointed it at Betelgeuse and Sirius. It seems to be fairly accurate when pointing to other stars from there, however the finder scope for me seems to be an issue. I simply can't get it to point accurately since the three mounting screws that come with it are essentially random when tightened up, thus throwing it out every time. Did you have this issue or am I barking up the wrong tree? Should I skip the finder and buy a StarSense? I did get a nice photo (I'm a wedding photographer so have high end cameras) of Betelguese.