In expressing these opinions about "go-to" observing in this forum for beginners, has anyone pointed out that searching for deep-sky celestial objects by star-hopping, a method preferred by many seasoned observers, is not nearly as workable in the polluted urban and suburban skies available to most of us as at dark sky sites? If someone has already mentioned this, forgive this redundance. In my home skies, for example, I can see few stars fainter than 2nd magnitude; and if I were a beginner and not someone who's memorized the appearance of most constellations in my skies many years ago, star-hopping would be of limited value to me.
NexStar 8i SCT, Orion 80ED APO refractor, Orion 120 mm EQ refractor, 3.5-inch Questar