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Here is a little list of objects you might like to chase down that are nice and bright:
* 47 Tucanae in the constellation Tucana- a globular cluster, a giant ball of stars that orbits the Milky Way as one of its satellites. It also lies very close to the Small Magellanic cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way!
* Tarantula Nebula in Dorado- a giant nebula that resembles a giant spider. It actually lies in another galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, that also orbits the Milky Way. Scan around the 'spider'. It is surrounded by plenty of clusters and nebulousity, all outside of our home galaxy.
Binoculars will show these two galaxies somewhat better than a telescope!
* NGC 253 in Sculptor- a distant galaxy seen nearly edge on. This one will challenge you to find! It looks like a faintish oval smear/cloud. Be patient to spot it. It is there and you new scope won't have any trouble showing it to you.
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