>>194696> I'm sure that the information is pretty basic and that even the cheap ones do the jobAll you need to start is a star map with the constellations on it, one of these things for your latitude is probably good because it shows where things are in the sky at any given time. The phone app is neat though because it also shows the planets.
As far as light pollution goes, you don't need pure black skies to see something. I live in Toronto under one of those white blotches and I can still see stars out over Lake Ontario (enough to make out constellations, not just the 4 bright ones) and I saw a couple of meteors from the yard last week. If I go out to the countryside, even half an hour, I can see a lot more.
