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Hi Timbo
I am also relatively new here.
Up until recently I only knew the more easily recognisable constellations eg Orion, Southern Cross, Scorpio type of thing. But I have been going out over the last few weeks and learnt a few more. For me the easiest way to do this was to head out with one of those monthly star charts and slowly pick out 2 -3 new constellations each night. I found just using the naked eye was easiest, the wide field of view lets you can see how they fit together.
Another good DSO is the globular cluster 47 Tuc (NGC 104), its not hard to find, iits a sort of fuzzy looking 'star' just above the SMC. It was pretty spectacular when I looked at it through my cheap 80mm refractor a couple of days ago, I reckon it'd be a blast through a 10' dob.
cheers
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