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Originally Posted by RyanJones
Just trying to help Ed but I’m not sure that everyone is considering what Octans looks like through a 4” F/13 MAK CAS. I’ll tell you from experience with your exact telescope, it’s not easy. I chimed in before and mentioned that your hand controller will guide you through polar alignment on the wedge. If you’re not experienced and don’t know the night sky all that well as most new people are. Use your hand controller, let it help you find SCP and polar align then have a look though your eye prices and see what you really can see.
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You are right Ryan - poor assumption personally on my part assuming that some sort of separate finderscope was being used for the alignment.
I see the 4SE has a red dot finder - I cant help but wonder if it was replaced with a cheap 50mm finderscope pre-aligned with the 4SE would be a useful addition and help with finding the SCP (and would probably help a lot finding the 3 alignment stars).