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well done lee, it is lovely that one!. that ultrawide is a beauty. i let it cool out there with the scope for 1/2 and hour and i seem to move my head from side to side to view everything
it gets easier with the finder, choose a really bright star and then make sure that when the star is in the middle of your scope view, that when you go back to the finder, the cross hairs are lining up in the middle, adjust if necessary.
do it again with your smallest mm eyepiece. that way you know that when you centre with your finder, the telescope is going to be just right!
don't be afraid to squat down at the base of the scope to help align the finder to the stars, then look thru the finder and then thru the scope.
also I saw a laser for finding stars the other night and it was awesome. just over $100, but if you can save up, well worth it. it seemed like the laser was lighting a path all the wasy from the scope to the star. made it very easy!
i can see both clouds with the naked eye, but not much thru the scope. however, just below the lmc, is the tarantula, which is awesome with the ultra wide.
keep going a bit further north of m6, m7 and you will get the lagoon nebula, very nice.
galaxy wise, east is best for me ngc300 and ngc253, these you can find with ultrawide and then use 12mm.
gee it is a lot of fun
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