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A couple of extra tips:
- using a compass near the hunk of metal that is your telescope and mount will deflect the needle, it's best to first find magnetic and then true south, then use a piece of wood to mark either N-S or E-W and then set up the tripod
- you can use your scope's polar scope for increased accuracy if you are willing to learn to recognise the Octans asterism
- it doesn't matter how far off the first star is in the goto process, if your scope has reasonable polar alignment the mount should be able to get to the second and third stars reasonably accurately after you move it to the first
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