Stephen Barnes, Sky Optics, (Pointing Devices: Finding Your Way In The Dark) has been an amateur astronomer since childhood. He has turned his love of astronomy into a vocation and in 1996 opened Sky Optics a retail telescope store in Burlington, Ontario.

Finding objects in the sky can be difficult for beginners and seasoned amateurs alike. Fortunately there is today a wide variety of aids available to the amateur from simple reflex sights to sophisticated digital setting circles and goto telescopes. This talk will examine the pros and cons of each and hopefully help you spend less time searching and more time observing.