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Finski,
The big attraction over the next few evening is the very bright, but rapidly droping Venus in the western sky. Though the scope, it shows as a very thin crescent.
In general, I would recommend that anything that looks 'fuzzy' to the eye is worth pointing the telescope towards.
Better still, if you have binoculars, look for some open cluster (like M41 near Sirius) and then look at those with the scope. Also have a look at the Pleiades (commonly known as the Seven Sisters) with your lowest-power eyepiece.
There are also some interesting double stars, that are not far from the Orinon Nebula. Rigel, the brightest star in Orion has a fainter companion that in reality is much brighter than our Sun. Then there is the triple star Beta Monoceros, with all three stars being relatively bright.
If you feel like a challenge at this stage, try M1, known as the Crab Nebula. You will quickly realies that all the M (Messier) objects are notable. Most of these that are not open star clusters are decently viewed with a magnification of about 60.
If you do not know where to find these, I suggest buying youself a star atlas that has these marked.
Good luck, and enjoy the journey.
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