When I first took it out to play with it after having watched the "getting started" dvd and reading the manual, I had some trouble getting it to align properly. So I went up to Mauna Kea Visitors Centre for a star gazing party and asked what we were doing wrong. First thing is first, the Meade manual is not that good. It says to align the telescope you have to turn it all the way counter clockwise and level it. Turn on the AutoStar and select "auto align"and it is supposed to work... It doesn't work quit that easy. Read more