Hi Brian
First off, be very careful with using the that Ast***gy word
. This is an astronomy site, and most members are very careful to distance themselves from mumbo jumbo. Please take this advice in the spirit it is intended, many newcomers may not be aware of the significant difference between astronomy and that other stuff.
That said, welcome to IIS!!!
RA and Dec can be a little confusing at first. And whether or not you need to worry about it really depends on what type of gear you have. If it is a manual equatorially mounted scope, then yes it can be important as the setting circles can be used to find objects.
If it is a fully go-to scope it is not so important. As you have a dob, it is probably nice to know but far from essential.
To answer your query with how do you locate the 0 point in RA, you do not need to. All you need to do is locate a bright star with a known RA, put that in the centre of yout field of view and then move your RA dial (assuming you have an EQ mount) to read the correct RA and voila! all set to go. Usually best to select a star a reasonable distance from the pole as that will give a more accurate result. Dec takes care of itself if you have done your polar alignment well enough.
Malcolm