telescope alignment

Hi all,

I recently bought a 90mm telescope and I am having trouble finding anything
other than the moon!

Can anyone provide a link or advice as to how to line up the scope so I can
see planets?

The telescope I have is a skywatcher skymax and I am not sure how to use the
finder scope that it came with. Also the control for adjusting the scope on
its mount seem very hard to adjust.

Thanks in advance!

mark


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