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Hi David, it sounds as though you might not be getting close enough to the SCP using your current methods. For starters, magnetic south is around 10 deg off the SCP I believe. Interested to hearing how you go with picking out Octans pattern, esp through the polar finder - its not easy at first if the seeing isn't good.
One thing to note: I think the HEQ5 polar scope reticle/FOV only shows chi, sigma and tau Octans. Whereas my Meade LXD75 reticle shows all 4 stars of the Octans trapezium (chi, sigma, tau and upsilon) making it a lot easier to use IMO. Cheers, Fox
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