Thanks all for the encouragement, i looked and looked and looked through the polar scope, but couldn't find the asterism in octans, or octans even.
I think i had it in the binno's but lost it as soon as i peeped through the polar scope.I really need a finderscope on the ED80, i didn't think of it when i ordered the scope
I did manage a 10 second shot of orion, prime focus, and a couple of moon pics, but retired defeated but still happy and keen to learn the ropes with this mount.
Thanks for all the tips, all of them will help me on my way
