Tony and congrats on your new scope, boy are you going to have fun and see some amazing sights, get prepared for some long nights ahead! If you can afford it you may want to buy a Celestron SkyScout if you don't have a Go To on your new scope, they're your personal hand-held planetarium with audio (headphones included), or text descriptions (red LED display to preserve your night vision) of everything up there. Yes, everything. You just point (not with your finger,
!) and press identify, or you can press locate and select from a menu - planets, nebulae, constellations, stars. Yes it's cheating a bit but there's a lot to learn and retain when you're starting out and anything that gets you there faster has to be a bonus. There's loads of free stuff you can download especially The Evening Sky Map available from Skymaps.com, I think they're essential for beginners (like me
), and of course this web site is your new bible. Prepare to be amazed!