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congrats.
1. 25mm will give you a lower magnification and therefore a wider view. Your finder scope has lower magnification again and hence the moon looks smaller. as you put in your 10mm, then the image gets closer ie higher magnification.
2. jupiter you will definately see detail with your 10mm. It is an early morning planet at the moment, but if you are up at around 5am, look straight up and look for the brightest object. that will be jupiter. Saturn is low in the north, but at around 11pm, so you will see the rings easily
3. try different filters with different planets. they screw into the other end of an eyepiece to where you look in
4. stars are so far away, they will not get any closer ie detail.
The moon is great, do you know the iron pot in the sky. It is in the north west at around 10pm, so have a look at the handle of the iron pot and let us know what you find???
Welcome to the addictive world of astronomy!
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