Right on, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It might help to start by ranking your interests within the hobby, even if they still sound a bit basic. From "I want to re

Right on, I'm sure you'll enjoy it. It might help to start by ranking your interests within the hobby, even if they still sound a bit basic. From "I want to recognize the north star" to "I want to take a really huge, detailed photo of the moon" to "I want to explore astronomy software and learn the hobby from the inside out by reading help files." If you get a good list going, you can rank the list items by interest level, which is another way of weighting your entrance into the hobby by making sure your most-available energy is used to break into it, and that's generally a good idea for momentum as a beginner. If you keep it generally subjectively-focused like that, it's also really easy to make new discoveries, because you're finding and learning about the yet-unknown...to you. For gear, I find that I personally like to make sure I weight all my gear choices on the side of photography, because I really enjoy that aspect. It may be different for you. Software-wise I like Stellarium for my hobby use. It even has a script that will take you on a tour of interesting items you can see through binoculars. Here's another good starting resource: https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/ https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/ Finally since we're on a tech site: You can learn a lot about space just by reviewing status screens and tech specs. Keep an eye on what NASA's doing, what missions are being run, and what kind of resources it takes. https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn https://eyes.nasa.gov/dsn Good luck & enjoy the hobby.