[BowzerS14]

Hi all
Have been out a few times now with my scope (8" dob) and have had some good views of saturn and the like.
My question is were are all the DSO's!!!! I have used stelerium(??) and it has M42 and many others (all seem to be around mag 8) but i cant seem to find them in the night sky!! I have made some sense of the star charts i have but am still having no luck finding them.
Also were can i find the relevant names - ie: cats eye nebula = M?? and so on.
I Live in SE suburbs of melbourne and its brighish at night but i didnt think it would stop me from seeing other DSO's, unless of course im still looking in the wrong place!!!!!

Thanks for the help