Newbie with eye piece questions

[Beatlejohn]

Cheers for the recommendation on the red dot finder guys... maybe i will check those out also... the straight through finder just seems awkward to be able to get down and look through so i didnt really bother using it much. Will be a while before the weather clears here anyway... i guess its true when u buy a telescope it rains

[croweater (Richard)]

Mainly the red dot finder is useful to 'starhop' from one star to the next to find an object using a star atlas or planetarium app but some objects"eg orion nebula M42" are bright enough to be directly targeted with the RDF. Cheers Richard

[Beatlejohn]

Update...

Managed to see jupiter tonight just on dark before clouds came over! I could clearly see the 2 bands on the planet and 4 moons. Very simple i suppose but exciting for me haha. Also got a good look at the moon too. I want a mount for my iphone now so can take some pics a little easier lol tho i did manage to get some!

I appreciate everyones help and advice so far.