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I spent 8 months reading astronomy books, star charts, YouTube clips, magazines, visiting telescope shops, downloading Stellarium and studying it and starting my own astronomy binder before I even bought a telescope
When I bought my 10” dob, I started with the moon to hone my skills at finding and focusing, eye piece selection,using filters etc.. Then during Autumn and Winter started finding the planets ( Mars , Jupiter and Saturn ) once again getting experience with eye piece selection, filters etc
Then on to bright stars to learn how to star hop, then Open Star clusters and globular etc...The rest is history as they say and it took me 3 years to get where I am today ( imaging galaxies )
For an older person I had patience,took my time and enjoyed the journey, but a young person may not have the patience and learning curve as I did. They may want to see Hubble type images in the eye piece off the bat ?
Anyway my only advice ( from still a beginner ) is to take your time and learn as much as you can, there’s a lot of “stuff” up there waiting for you , it’s not going anywhere in a hurry
Clear skies and enjoy !!!!!
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