Get a star atlas and start learning the constellation and identify them with naked eyes. You can also practice viewing with binoculars. There are quite a few deep space objects you can see with a pair of binoculars. It's much easy to locate objects with binoculars than with telescope. Any binoculars would do.
Many people already have an old pair hiding in their closet.
8 x 50 means the binoculars magnify objects 8 times and have the front lens diameter of 50mm. Most of the deep sky objects are faint. Light gethering power is most important. Magnification is less important. In fact, many objects looks better in lower magnification.