Without seeing octans and the asterism through the polar scope I suppose you can use a polar camera for rough alignment or gps.
The asterism can be seen more easily at dusk or flashing through the polar scope with a red light. Polar scope focus needs to be set up correctly with time for night vision, with any light screened , to see octans. With the polar clock utility on a phone to check, seeing the asterism on the polar scope or setting up the time rotation is not such an issue but you need to see octans.
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