Give me a specific direction of brightest objects in night sky other than Sun & Moon?

Venus is in the morning sky.Jupiter next brightest is in the zenith at 8pm approximately.

Serius brightest star is in the evening sky also Canopus the second brightest in south direction.

I sincerely advise you to down load any free star charting sftware from net ansd use it.It will give you sky for any time,any place including planets

Stellarium

home planet

Also sky and telescope magazine has on line sky chart.You add your latitude and longitude and local time you the map of the sky.

You needn't feel sorry. There are many others doing that job already with all seriousness (Serious is not a star, but 'Sirius' is), starting with 'Obama'.

"I don't care to be specific about this." - you needn't take the trouble of saying this too, as people know it already from the level of your interaction here. Nevertheless people here are to help you, if only you know where you need help (Do you know it at least?). Who cares whether these are stars, planets or potatoes?

Also they need to know what you want (they damn care what you need). That you should spell out; wouldn't you? Then, when you spell it out, you are said to be 'Specific'. That is all what is required to be done.

Your telescope is another ornament (or bauble) if there is no kindred stuff in the Cranium, that might propel you towards it. Well, you had the money and so bought it. What's wrong with it? But can you spell out what were your expectations when buying it (other then telling your neighbour that you have one) ? Once (long ago) four of us posted in a trackless Himalayan jungle were to go to a place infested with wild elephants. Though we weren't hunters, we needed to carry that gear. At the last minute one grabbed his binoculars. I asked him 'What for, to see the elephants?'. The other (witty guy) snapped in 'to see its b a l l s'.

I'm sure you weren't into Astronomy. As otherwise there is lot in Astronomy with naked eye, just looking at the clear starry sky far from citylights that the God has laid it for your pleasure (probably you didn't lift your eyes to the heavens to partake of this bounty; I'll be damned if I am wrong in my assessment). There are five planets - Venus (predawn in eastern sky), Jupiter (that you see now in midsky as you step out after dusk), Mars, Saturn & Mercury. We normally take the starry sky as the map upon which these five move. The principal landmarks on this fixed starry sky are the five thousand (approx.) stars that the naked eye can see.

I'll list the brightest twenty:*Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), Canopus (Alpha Carinae), Arcturus (Alpha Bootis), Alpha Centauri, Vega (Alpha Lyrae), *Capella (Alpha Aurigae), *Rigel (Beta Orionis), *Procyon (Alpha Minoris), *Achernar (Alpha Eridani), *Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis), Hadar (Beta Centauri), Altair (Alpha Aquilae), *Aldebaran(Alpha Tauri), Alpha Crux, Antares (Alpha Scorpii), Spica (Alpha Virginis), *Pollux (Beta Geminorum), Fomalhaut (Alpha Pisces Austrinus), Deneb (Alpha Cygni), Regulus (Alpha Leonis). In the coming days you'll see the most star-studded part of the evening skies and I indicated such stars with * but some of them are too south for your viewing. I have indicated their positions in the constellations that you would know the constellation also.There is no point in turning to any star as that wouldn't add any more detail to what you see with your own pair of eyes.

If you know the latitude of your place, turn to exact north and measure an Elevation angle above the horizon and you'll notice the Polaris there. There are 50 stars brighter than Polaris.

Once you get familiar with stars that would serve as a road-map, the planets' locations can be had from some websites showing them.

If you google "night sky", you will get a lot of links showing the current view from your location. One of my favorites is

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance

because it also shows what's coming up in the next few days, so you can see ahead of time.

The planets are always found near the ecliptic, which is the circle that lines up with the moon and sun, so that makes it easier to find them.

Planes.