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Old 13-12-2017, 12:15 AM
StuTodd
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+1 Alex.
But ask a question here and you'll get 15 different answers lol.

You'll have so many wow moments with the 6" and Dob on the Moon (friends and family too!), plus some nebulae and double stars.
Download this http://www.deepskywatch.com/deepsky-atlas-release1.html, print it out and find stuff from it, eventually getting get a cheap pair of 10x50 bins to compliment your observing.

Just learn the main constellations and bright objects of interest therein, one at a time. See how Crux rotates hour by hour? The Pleiades rise and disappear again? Why is that etc..

Keep it simple, learn at your leisure and don't necessarily join your local club (mine is crap to be honest). (pre-empting any of the usual advice)
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