New Telescope

My brother James basically gave me his astronomy stuff for super cheap, so now I'm the owner of a Meade ETX 90 w/ a nice eyepiece kit (much more complete than what I had). It's sad in a way because he gave me all of it, but that also means he can upgrade next time across the board. In any case here's what I'm learning so far.

My first scope was a Goto - this is a Goto. They have their advantages and disadvantages...

Alignment still eludes me, but I'm getting closer. Getting it polar aligned the other night worked pretty well and it sure was nice having Jupiter stay in the view rather than sneak out.

Batteries suck - soon as I can afford it I'm getting an AC adapter so I can stop worrying about messing with them. I'm always worried that I'll run out of juice and be dead in the water.

All in all the optics are really nice, but I do notice some strangeness near the edges that isn't apparent in my 10"

The eyepieces (Meade 4000 series) are much nicer than I realized and I need to back off on the TV's and enjoy these. The truth is... I can't see the difference being such a beginner, so why complain?

Still haven't gotten to the observe stage w/ this scope - still learning it's curve.

Anyway - I'm glad to have it, but I need some patience while I work out the technique for using it effectively. Then I'll work on taking some pics :)