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Finder field say 6 degrees, main scope field say 0.6 degrees. Yes you should be able to get the object in the main scope field assuming a magnification of around 100x.
Accurate polar alignment is not necessary, but I have found it is best to be within 3 degrees of the pole. This is not hard to achieve if you know the sky a little.
Some tips:-
once alignment star is slewed to, enter "rate" and then use values 5 or 6. Using the standard rate of 1 is too slow, 8 or 9 is too fast.
The direction keys represent North, South, East, West in their conventional format, not the common astro format which has west slewing on the right button. Use this knowledge to help shift the star into the centre of the finder and then the main scope.
Ensure the time is correct to within half a minute, and location to within 10 minutes of lat or long. This all helps.
I have lately had my mount reject alignments where I used the first three suggested stars and did every thing correctly. Did this twice recently on Canopus, Achernar and Fomalhaut. Chose another star (Alnair) and all was OK. I have no idea why this happens.
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