[Intergage (Matt)]

Afternoon / Morning all,

I have only decided today that I am going to seriously look into Astronomy as a hobby. IT used to be my hobby but it is now my carree and has been for about 4 years now so I am in need of a hobby and I have ALWAYS loved going out and night and just looking up and wondering what the hell is out there.

What I have done today is read about 20 different "Starting Astronomy" and I recently came into a fair load of money so I have most properly jumped the gun here and already ordered A pair of cheap Saxon 20x80WP Waterproof Floating Binoculars and a Celestron Powerseeker 114EQ Reflector Telescope but at least I have them for when the time comes to use them I guess.

What I really need help with is where do I start to learn? All the stuff I read today was good, and helped out a lot but they all said "Don't go out and buy a high zoom scope and expect to see awesome sights" but none of them told me what I should be reading, learning, etc first.

I am also having trouble finding decent star maps (Sorry if any lingo is out here) as well, can anyone help me with that?

Thanks,