Welcome aboard Terri. It's a great time of year to look at Jupiter - a good place to get started if you are new to telescopes.
Perhaps these reviews might assist you with your Nexstar?
http://www.nightskies.net/scopetest/...exstar6se.html
http://stargazerslounge.com/topic/25...n-nexstar-6se/
http://mikemchargue.com/2012/4/11/st...xstar-6se.html