Thank you to everyone who has replied, Some very helpful information there,
So i need to adjust the light pollution levels in Stellarium, I had changed some settings related to this but need to look a little further,
I would be happy seeing seeing something like the images that have been posted, The scope was purchased for my son but i had always wanted one, We can spend plenty of time happily looking at the moon with it but need to keep the interest going by moving on, we have had failed attempts at finding things, we have had some success, I have explained that we are not going to see things like you have seen in pictures, i want to make sure he isn't going to get disappointed or put off. Hes not a big fan of waiting around so have to need to make sure expectation levels are right,
I only looked at M31 now because it came up in something i was looking at, i am building a list of targets to aim for and some of those are going to be in better positions for us to view from our location now,
Im also starting to look at taking some images, Have a Canon 350D that is not getting the use these days it used to so im reading up on taking multi images and stacking with it, starting small with just the camera on a tripod then moving to the camera on the scope,
Down the road i would love to look at some tracking if the interest remains there for us both.
ts also a little warmer out at night this time of year
Thanks Again