First: before diving into a telescope, consider a good pair of binoculars. You won't get the high magnification of a telescope, but they do a good job with looking at the night sky in general.
Telescopes: There are many varieties. If you are mainly interested in looking at faint stars and star formations you probably want a reflector or Dobsonian type. Bigger is generally better, until you get to a point where it's too bulky to move around and set up.
If you just want to look at planets and the moon, and brighter stars, a small refractor type may work. I find this type more convenient to move around and set up. However, inexpensive (small) refractors are best for brighter objects rather than faint galaxies or stars.
Some scopes have motorized, computerized drive systems which, once calibrated and aligned, will help point the scope at the object you want to see. (Not as trivial an exercise as it sounds. Manually aiming a scope at a faint object using just the crappy finder scope that comes on most telescopes can be a little difficult.) The down side is, when that motorized drive and/or electronics fail out of warranty (and it will) it will turn the scope into a fancy looking, expensive brick. (Just happened to me.)
Another frustrating thing about telescopes, especially inexpensive ones, is that their quality and usability right out of the box can be suspect. Plan on spending another $100-200 (or more) on upgrading accessories like eyepieces, the diagonal, focuser, etc.
Here's a couple of link which may be useful:
https://www.adorama.com/alc/0014311/article/A-Beginners-Guide-to-Telescopes
https://www.ozscopes.com.au/choosing-a-telescope-html
I hesitate to give any recommendations, partly because I don't know your budget and partly because I'm not sure what is "good" right now. I'm looking at the Meade StarPro series, which looks like it might be a decent no-frills entry level scope, but I'm pretty sure some parts will need to be upgraded immediately.
https://www.meade.com/telescopes.html?experience_level=82&series=154
Also, Meade has a "Polaris" series that is similarly low priced. I suggest avoiding the Meade "StarNavigator" series as that's what I have and the motor drive just died on me. (But while it worked it was OK.)
Celestron makes a line of scopes that you can mount your smartphone on, and using their app, it will help you aim the scope. Seems to require a good phone though, both in camera and in the phone CPU. And I have not seen enough reviews to be confident that it works well.
https://www.celestron.com/collections/starsense-explorer-smartphone-app-enabled-telescopes
I didn't even get to the difference between equatorial mounts and alt-azimuth...