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Hey Steve
Yup pretty much all that Jonathan said is on the dot. I have a 26mm plossal eyepiece that came with the scope and a 10mm.
Just keep in mind the higher magnification you go, the more dimmer the object will get and without excellant seeing (this is what we astro buffs call the ability to see clearly.. so bad seeing means lots of dew in the air, clouds etc) .. you wont get much from high mags. For eyepieces, the field of view is quite important. When you look at the sky using your finderscope, you see a small part of it, but when you see through your telescope, this section is magnified so many times so basically you are seeing a smaller portion of that sky. FOV is how much of that sky you can see, measured in arc minutes or degrees. I love large field of views though they are expensive. Also eye relief is quite important.. this is how far you have to be from the eyepiece to be able to see the image .. if you are wearing glasses then it is better to have a longer eyerelief.
Are you part of a astro club? they will def give you much more tips. also get some sky charts or apps on your phone. I use sky safari
Regards
Niv
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