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This questions has so many different answers. The best thing to start with is going to a star party and looking through the telescopes of other members. Also think about a budget and goals. The telescope you purchase will only be part of the total cost. There will be apps, charts, eye pieces and other accessories that are very important. Consider visually learning the night sky before jumping off to astrophotography.

Seeing photons from stars beyond our solar system is pretty awesome. Most people can see the difference between a red star and a blue star. When we look at nebula and other far away objects, our eyes are not usually sensitive enough to pickup the colors. We see black and white at night and color during the day. The objects in telescopes are faint so our eyes default to black and white. Cameras can leave their shutter open longer to build up a color view of far away objects, our eyes cannot do that. Most of the pictures that astronomers take are actually photographed in Black and White with Filters and are colored afterwards in software. 

Most objects in the night sky are described in catalogs like the Messier Catalog. Usually these objects are located by first finding the constellation that they are located in. Learning the constellations can be a life long project on its own. Once you find the constellation, then it comes to star hopping from the brightest stars of the constellation. Find the right area first with your finder scope, then put in a wide field eye piece(big numbers) in your telescope before zooming in with a smaller number eye piece.