OK! haha, I definitely DIDN'T find the octans box the night before!! rofl! I found it tonight though!!
It only
just fits in my 15x 70's FOV.
That was the only good thing about tonight!
I couldn't put the scope on the octans box....I don't know how to use the polar scope in the RA tube. And my understanding of polar aligning is fuzzy to say the least. Also, where I am (backyard) it's fairly crap for polar aligning because the house and trees are in the way of the octans box. (Actually, the box lies a bit in between the house and the trees). AND the moon was WAAY to bright!!! It was if someone was shining a mini floodlight into my backyard!
Finally, my finderscope is crap. Or I don't know how to use it, which is a high possibility seeing as I'm a n00b. It won't focus...stars are always blurry. AND the finderscope ALWAYS gets into positions that make it difficult for me to look through it.
Anyway, I'm off to bed!
Ciao!