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Your dob will take a while to settle down temperature wise.
It may well be that Jupiter isn't clear some nights - especially given its angle in the sky will be over a lot of houses putting heat out. But some nights it should be clear and sharp. If it never is, it probably needs to be collimated.
If you are somewhere dark and you find a deep sky object, take advantage of atlas mopping - that is, start finding all the objects on the star atlas map around the object you just found (though you may need a UHC filter for planetary nebulas).
if you have a straight through finderscope, remember to keep both eyes opened when trying to locate a target star. Many find this much simpler than trying to aim with one eye like with a rifle.
If you have a right angled correct image finderscope, consider getting a 1X red dot finder for your telescope, it makes it much easier to point your main finderscopes at targets.
Regards,
Renato
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