These are so cool, especially, the ones that are above naked eye (magnitude 5 or 6) threshold:
Wikipedia -- List of Messier objects
Getting a decent pair of binoculars (say, 10x50), which you can buy for $60 to $70 (please, not at Walmart), is definitively worth it, plus, you can see craters on the Moon, the Galilean satellites, and at times, the phases of Venus, the blueish world of Uranus, and if it drifts by an easily identifiable star, Neptune as a somewhat greenish point of light. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, my favorite object, is 4.5 degrees across, the Moon being 0.5 degree when completely full. I own a pair of 15x70, and they are somewhat hard to hold steady, and so, would recommend staying away from those unless you can get used to leaning up against fence posts, trees, cars, etc.
Wikipedia -- List of Messier objects
Getting a decent pair of binoculars (say, 10x50), which you can buy for $60 to $70 (please, not at Walmart), is definitively worth it, plus, you can see craters on the Moon, the Galilean satellites, and at times, the phases of Venus, the blueish world of Uranus, and if it drifts by an easily identifiable star, Neptune as a somewhat greenish point of light. M31, the Andromeda Galaxy, my favorite object, is 4.5 degrees across, the Moon being 0.5 degree when completely full. I own a pair of 15x70, and they are somewhat hard to hold steady, and so, would recommend staying away from those unless you can get used to leaning up against fence posts, trees, cars, etc.
