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An easy starter would be the beautiful NGC 5139 [ Omega Centauri],
one of the two best globular clusters.
If you are familiar with the two pointers to The Southern Cross,
[Alpha and Beta Centauri], from the upper one [Beta], go left at about
10pm on a clock face to an obvious brightish star a bit further from Beta
than the distance between the two pointers, and then continue on for
roughly the same distance again, when you should see an obvious fuzz
ball,[ your target]. A bit harder, and much fainter, if you continue on about half the distance you came from the previous star, and go down a little, with a darkish sky you should come across NGC 5128 [Centaurus A ]. How easy you find it to locate will depend on the aperture of
your scope.
Happy hunting.
raymo
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