If your just starting out all you need is your eyes and maybe a star chart or planetarium, once you start to find your way around, able to identify a few constellations and the brightest stars and the prominent planets you may want to purchase a quality set of binoculars

Then after a while your first telescope.This will be a bigger step, so may I suggest a bit of homework here.You could start out with a 6 " Dobsonian mounted reflector, giving you a good starter aperture for minimum outlay.

Or perhaps a GOTO with simple Lightswitch technology like this little beauty from Meade.

Next we will talk about what you can see, bye for now.