I'll help! I'm a begginer as well but i got the hang of it. First if all when you use the autostar you have to go through the confguriation of timming and all. after that align your telescope at altizimuth position by putting the "0" on the side of you telescope "the dial" and position it to the pointer. After you have done that press enter and the telescope will automatically be aligned. Then you can explore your way around by finding planets and galaxies. Ejoy!