Jeez my neighbours would just love the whine of a hair dryer late at night. I have to be quiet as it is so they don't come out and trigger their backyard sensor spotlights
The previous night I had persisted, but when I look up and can't even see any obvious stars for aligning the Argo, that's when I give up in disgust! About the only stars I could easily see naked eye last night from my backyard at about 10:30 were all in Crux. It was that bad.