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I haven't been at this long enough to fall into a particular habit, I started off pretty much random, the only DSO I knew was M42 I found other objects by chance but never really knew what they were..
Once I got the Argo Navis it all changed, using Tour and Identify modes I was able to find specific objects with ease but it was still pretty random and they were still just "numbers" in a catalog.
I then purchased AstroPlanner and made some user catalogs (eg. I made a "globby" catalog and downloaded it to AN and was able to view many globular clusters of various magnitudes), this gave my observing a little more purpose.
Now, having subscribed to AS&T, listening regularly to Slacker Astronomy and Universe Today and reading various other articles (including CosMos excellent contributions here) I am more interested in creating user catalogs (still via AstroPlanner) featuring objects about which I now have some background knowledge, I find a little knowledge adds greatly to the "Awe" factor..
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