Antony, NGC 6541 is only observable thru a scope as it's mag.6. (not sure about seeing it naked eye from a really dark sky).
Generally in light pollution, around mag 4 is about the limits.
I thought you found this object with your scope?
If you want to see a really AWESOME "cloud patch", take a look at the Omega Centauri globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus. You can see this with your naked eye as a very diffuse star- it sits at mag. 3.7.
If you don't see it at first, allow your eyes to dark adapt for 10-20mins. This is the largest and brightest globular cluster in the sky and speculated to be a remnant of a core from a dwarf galaxy that the milky way has gobbled. The LMC & SMC are also on this journey and will undergo the same fete.
Use your 15mm and 25mm eyepieces.
If you had a wideview eye piece of 65deg fov and up you would see the entire glob in high mag. - a 10mm wideview is awesome on this object. The higher the magnification, the less fov (field of view).
This object is the ultimate in "cloud patches".
Get that planisphere! You can buy it
here at our shop on the forum for only $15. Get some eclipse glasses too while you're at it for the Venus transit.
And start learning the brightest stars in the sky- knowing some of these should help you no end in finding objects- esp when trying to describe what you saw.
Here's the list of the 26 brightest stars.
In my opinion, for a beginner just starting out, I thinks it's highly valuable to spend as much time observing
without a telescope than with one. Go out there with your planisphere and your brightest stars list and learn where & what some things are. Cloudy nights when only part of the sky are visible are perfect for this. Take it slow learning constellations (and you're not expected to know them all)- the sky will always be there. But I urge you to at least learn the brightest star list first. Once you familiarise yourself with some bright stars and constellations you will probably feel a personal connection with them as a lot of us do. And its so exciting when we see them comeback into our skies rearing itself low on the horizon the following season when they've been gone for a while.
Some more tips I did on a thread
here.
Refer to posts #13 thru to #15.
Download
Stellarium - it's a sky programme that you will find highly useful.
Now go back out there soldier and tell us who wins this competition!
It's a great learning process for you.