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Download a program called Stellarium onto your computer, it's free, it's great, shows the night sky, constellations, DSO's, can be fast forwarded to show what will be in the night sky that night so you can preplan the nights viewing.
Books, I went with Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes, I found it very good despite all the wailing & moaning about the pictures, it's a reference book, the other book I got is Massey & Quirk's Atlas of the Southern Sky.
Warning this hobby is a money pit & trap for the unwary there is ALWAYS some shiney trinket or bauble that's a must have, have fun!
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