Thank you to everyone who has replied and provided some useful information. Advice which I will be taken.
Where I live in Newcastle it is not a dark sky area and I think I need to get out and do some star gazing from a dark sky area. Checked the local areas out for a dark sky are using the link posted above.
i also need to learn how to use the telescope at the moment, my expectations are that I will look through the scope and see stars close up and I need to start initially looking at planets 🪐 first and buy a moon filter.
Definitely going to buy the book “Turn Left at Orion”.
Lots to learn, but thanks for all the advice, I no doubt will be posting further on this forum.