Planets are small but you can see details like cloud bands on Jupiter and Saturn's rings.
Also note that looking through a telescope is not like astrophotographs.  Planets are small but you can see details like cloud bands on Jupiter and Saturn's rings.   Galaxies and nebulae are extremely faint and grey/green visually.  It takes practice and learning skills to see structure in galaxies and nebulae (and even to be able to see fainter ones).   I would not have believed it as a beginner but you "need to learn how to see faint DSOs"