Everything is moved by hand and in an altitude-azimuth (up-down/left-right) configuration making it simple and intuitive to use.
A Dobsonian base is elegantly simple, there are no knobs, levers, switches, gears, handles, dials, or anything complicated required to operate the telescope. Everything is moved by hand and in an altitude-azimuth (up-down/left-right) configuration making it simple and intuitive to use.