A great pair of powerful binoculars are easier to look through, for me anyway. I too wanted a telescope, got one, and hardly used it. Unless you have a motorized computer tracker maybe. Otherwise, it's just constant adjusting it seemed.
I have a medium powered set of binoculars and I can see the moons of Jupiter, and I particularly like the sword (actually a nebulae) of Orion's belt,
all kinds of stuff. I live between Trenton NJ and Philadelphia PA so the sky around me is very light polluted. I envy those that have a great nightime sky. Binoculars are just easier and more pleasant. I'll sit in my hot tub and just binoc the sky.