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Great to hear about folks first night out.
Next dark get out real early and take a trip along the Milky way ... before it disappears.. cruise about and surprise yourself with your discoveries.
You can make a list of what to look for but dont frustrate yourself to much early... if you find what you are looking for great if not move on... as you get more into things you can get more specific.
A dob lets you get around and I love poking around...
Try the Large Magellan and the Small Magellan clouds.. they are easy to spot and you can spend a lot of time on each.
M31 is easy to find ... see if you can find really dark areas which you first think there is nothing there and peer around and you start to notice maybe a smudge so investigate it...
All I am saying is just explore for a time as to me I found it so exciting to run into a cluster notice some nebulosity..that sort of thing...keeping a record is worth while...
Just get out there when ever it is clear as you will find even with this approach you dont really get much time at it..because of weather and the Moon.. the Moon is great but you will crave darkness after a while.
So good to hear of your experience...and as already pointed out dont rush to buy stuff... you will go thru a phase where everything is a must have.. more EP's a barlow this filter that finder .., we all have boxes of this stuff ... I dont know how many EP;s I have but some I have not touched for over a year..I have two barlows get then out so rarely ..but I had to have them ..
good luck
alex
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