I frequently use other people's (Dale's) goto telescopes to verify or help me find an object that I am having trouble finding. I am currently saving money to buy a Sky Commander so that I wont have to bug Dale so often. I thing that DSC's and Goto telescopes are neat technology and enjoy using them. I also enjoy learning the sky and finding things without the computer's help. I have used OAS's 18.5" both with and without the Sky Wizard and have enjoyed the time that I have spent. Sometimes it is real nice to take a list of NGC numbers from the Astronomy magazine and to a tour of an area of the sky or of similar objects. Other times it is nice to take an atlas and look at all the galaxies in the bowl of the Big Dipper. The other thing that was real fun to view through Dale's LX200 was the astroid that was passing close to earth last year. It was fun to watch it move while Dale tracked it with his LX200. There is definately room at star parties for all kinds of telescopes. I think the goto telescope that I am going to save for is the 6" LXD55 refractor that Meade has put out. Dave