Yes, indeed.
It is one thing taking a photo of say the 'Ring Nebula' and spending hours perfecting it and if someone was to ask where in the sky is that? and you end up shrugging your shoulders.... The computer did it!
When I was a kid I had a plainishere and once I spotted a star I could recognise I would just wonder at the 'God!.. that is 20 light years away and light travelling at 186,000 miles per sec ...Wow!'
Go for example to the CN forums and you can see it is mostly equipment bragging!
Methinks many of us have lost the plot ...
Good luck, I'll let you know how the Dob goes , if ever it will stop cloud & raining.
Brendan.
  