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As far as books go. "Turn left at orion" is probably the book of choice for most amateur astronomers. I use sky walk app (free) to find the general area to look. Then I hit my star charts. I downloaded,(free) printed and laminated them from the "eyes on the skies" website. They have all the messier/Ngc objects marked on them up to mag 7. My best advice is to go take that scope to a national park or something. I would say that if you are obverving on a balcony at the same level as street lights you will be missing out on a lot. Ie you won't see galaxies/ most nebula. Have fun.
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