[graham.hobart (Graham stevens)]

Hey people, have managed to find Omega Centaurii and taken some shots but when I try and find Centaurus A ? nada
I use Stellarium initially then Autostar-
one puts me nearby, the other on the Northern horizon.
My star atlas says its pretty near Omega but I haven't got the experience to find the nearby stars then hone in. Any tips?
I was using both a Meade fork mounted 8" SCt and then an equatorial mounted 80mm refractor.
The star atlas implies that it is North by about 5-10 degrees. Am I reading these things wrong? I know from recent experience (coming from the UK I would have never seen Eta C with the naked eye, now on a cloudless night I think I can now pick it out ) that once you spot things they are ingrained in the eye, I now can spot Omega after about a minute of binocular vision then line the scope up). Should I be able to pick it up in 9x 47 bins then align with a bintel 8 x 30 mm finderscope?
Place me in the right direction..thanks
Graham