You know, John, there are other ways to learn the night sky than pushing
a Dob around. My first scope was an LX200, and I seemed to do OK. In
fact, my memory of object locations comes mostly from my photography --
I never forget the composition of a photo I take. So it seems as though
the GoTo scope was the perfect way for me to learn the sky.

Lighten up. When you give extreme opinions, they're often discarded.
I've learned that myself, many times ;-)

macnmotion

John Henderson wrote:
Some things to consider:

a) 114 mm is too puny to see a damn thing.

b) Goto is immoral. She will not learn the sky.

c) Buy her a 6" Dob.