Manually sighting isn't too bad, as long as you learn the main signposts in the sky. That's how I pilot my 4.5" reflector--and sometimes, I just point it somewhere "empty", because there really isn't anywhere empty up there.
And manually finding a faint fuzzy like the Ring Nebula (http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m057.html) is somehow more rewarding than letting a computer find it for you. :)
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Date: 2007-01-25 03:34 pm (UTC)And manually finding a faint fuzzy like the Ring Nebula (http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m057.html) is somehow more rewarding than letting a computer find it for you. :)