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Rajah,
In my experience, DSOs will not impress newcomers. (unless perhaps you have more than 1/2 metre of aperture...) For maximum impact, you've got to stick with Saturn, the Moon and Jupiter. I've showed people the Moon and they are quite taken by it, especially at high magnifications when there's a lot of detail in the twilight region. And when they see the rings of Saturn, the "Wow"s keep coming. When they see M42, I always end up having to explain what they're seeing and what they should be looking for.
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