SEVERAL OF MY observing buddies use Go To telescopes. One of their key measures of a good night is whether or not the computer puts their target objects in the field of view. They're always fiddling with the alignment: sometimes starting over from scratch, often retraining the scope after they center an object, or even nudging a tripod leg to make the computer's internal star map match reality. If targets are completely out of the field of the eyepiece, they're "lost in space."
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