I second that. Hard to know what you are looking at sometimes when the obvious ones are out of reach.
True that when the I have had trouble with octans being so faint , I have used the Polar alignment feature of Sharpcap . Any polar alignment feature you have access to will improve the result in regard to tracking.
If you are aligning a permanent set up drift align works but too time consuming for tripod work.
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Originally Posted by croweater
Hi Steve, in regards to finding where stuff is download Stellarium to your phone, tablet or pc and this will be a big help (I'm sure Martin will recommend the same as I know he is an avid user). This is an excellent application free to pc and cheap for phone or tablet.
Cheers, Richard
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