That said, I'm not it the camp that believes everything must be streamlined and made easier for the sake of novices or the new "typical" modern amateur.
As amateurs, we enjoyed many technological advances in the hobby over the last 20 years. The cost of quality optics, both in telescopes and eyepieces, the increase in automation, and the dramatic change in camera technology have revolutionized the hobby. But the benefits that we have enjoyed are not only technology driven: they are also result of economics. If there is no market, then the advances will not continue. Even with these advances, amateur astronomy participation, at least at telescope use level, continues decline, as evidenced by the continual aging of club membership. Conversely, given rising light pollution, one of the most frequent uses of our state and national parks by citizens is stargazing, without telescopes. One way to increase participation is to streamline everything for new market entrants. The editor deleted portions of my letter to the ST editors, concerned that if since they changed ST to better appeal to new entrants, the editors should also take the simple, common sense step of making their articles easier to use with GOTO telescopes. I also noted in a deleted sentence that if the ST editors can't act, their advertisers should advocate for the change.
If they are too entrenched in "instant" gratification, they will fall away, sooner or later.
While some young people are engrossed in the cultures of personality and consumer technology, for most potential new entrants and myself, it is more a matter of available leisure time. For example, you periodically leave and return to this listserv claiming that work is taking up all of your time and that you have no leisure time for astronomy anymore. Setting up, tearing down and checking out a couple of objects takes an hour after work. Anything that streamlines things and cuts that time down will help the hobby. It's about being practical in an economics driven world.
I suspect there is an online SAO cross-reference table available anyway. If not, there's your winter project, Kurt
That was last winter's project. http://fisherka.csolutionshosting.net/astronote/cat/LX200SAOXRefTable.pdf Clear Skies - Kurt