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hi snobella, and welcome to IIS,
the first thing to look at through your telescope is the moon, you should get a nice view, but leave your telescope sit outside for 1/2 hour or more to let it adjust to the outside temp'ture before you try to look at anything. you should be very pleased with your view of the moon. the next thing to try looking at is a planet, jupiter is a good planet to look at because it is very bright, infact its the brightest "star" in the sky right now, so you cant miss it. the first thing you will notice about jupiter is that it is a small white/pink disk with a few "stars" around it, all roughly in line with it. these "stars" are actually jupiters moons, jupiter has dozens of moons, but you will only see 4 or 5. if you magnify jupiter enough, you may be able to see that it has large stripes on it. these stripes are cloudbands that surround the planet.
this should be enough to keep you happy for your first night of observing, just remember to spend time actually "observing" the objects through your telescope. the more you look at something, the more details you will notice.
Jarrod.
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