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hifiguy7 t1_j1lf26c wrote

It all depends where you point it….

I would start with the moon on a cloudless night and go from there. Seeing Saturn’s rings for the first time is a thrill. You are not going to see Deep Sky objects other than as smudges… Congrats on getting started into Astronomy. Find a local club and go to a star party. You’ll learn a lot.

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crewfish13 t1_j1omfa9 wrote

I’ll second this. My wife and kids are amazed by actually seeing Saturns rings and Jupiter with the Galilean moons, and that’s only with my 90mm refractor. Venus (a bright dot) and Mars (a reddish dot) don’t have a lot of additional excitement.

I tend to like naked eye observation and binoculars almost as much, because you start learning what to go look for with the higher magnification.

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