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IMHO there is no right or wrong way to get started. If you are happy with a goto and do not want to learn the night sky thats fine. If you want to get familiar with all the constellations, thats fine. If you want to leap in the deep end and buy a 25" dob as your first scope that fine also.
As long as people are getting into the hobby and enjoying the night sky, we should all be happy.
I happen to think there is a very good pathway taht is available to amatuers that wasn't available years ago with the affordability and ease of use of moderate sized dobs in the 8-10" range, but whatever newbies do is fine as long as they are out observing.
Malcolm
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