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Welcome to the cosmos, from the land of the land of the cheap and insane presidents. (I like that.)
I started my astronomy journey with 10X50 binoculars so I am right there with you. 8X40s are also popular for astronomy. There is an entire branch of astronomy based on binoculars.
A 130 mm telescope should be able to show you a lot, especially if your sky is fairly dark.
Your next big purchase will be eyepieces.
After 2 years and 20 eyepieces I have focused in on zooms. Love them. I now do 90% of my observing with a zoom eyepiece or a zoom with a barlow. Saves money and eliminates eyepiece swapping, filter swapping and the like.
You can see what I have in my signature.
Consider the zoom eyepieces.
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