iciipha

Hello All I'm a complete beginner - I've just purchased a Skyhawk 114P - On setting up with red dot etc, the strange thing i noticed was on viewing an object in the distance, the object was on its side (not upside down), but at an angle - I corrected by literally rotating the scope in the bracket, but is this really the case? Now I have the red dot finder not at the top but off to the left by about 20 degrees etc? Thank you in advance for all your help