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I was brought up the old fashioned way star hopping with my old Vixen refractor as there was simply no GOTO available in those days.
I still do so even though a EQ mount seems counter intuitive to this as it is still enjoyable.
However I believe that GOTO definitely has a place in that it allows more time at the eyepiece to observe specific targets of interests.
GOTO has also opened up astronomy to the masses of casual observers that do not have the time to learn the sky the way we did in the past. Higher volumes of purchasers has help drive down cost of mass market scopes which has benefited everyone.
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