For a toe in the water I cannot recommend a set of 7x50s too much. Them, with a plansiphere and red torch will let you learn the sky and get some great views of the moon and Jupiter's moons. If you mount them on a photographic tripod the views of the moon will blow you away, its amazing just how much we move when any movement is magnified over 400000km or even light years.
If the bug bights deeper then larger binos and a parallelogram mount will be in your future, or even a scope, if the bug does not catch on you have a great set of general purpose binos.
Who said astrology and astronomy are unrelated, I just told Ted's future
Cheers