Bryon's 1K, 2K, 3K & 25 Year Tribute Cache Mystery Cache

Bryon was one of the earliest geocachers in the area and even placed his first cache in Italy. I recently realized he didn't have a tribute cache so I'm placing one for him. Byron enjoys solving puzzles, so I thought it would be fitting to make this a puzzle. So here it is:

EVEN though I have dyslexia and number POSITIONS change in my brain. Somehow, I have been able to consistently ORDER numbers correctly. Other people find this ODD and can’t understand how I can keep these POSITIONS straight. Start by choosing a number from 1 to 10, then work thru to get coordinates.

Multiple by 3, subtract 1, use the 1^st significant digit        

Half, use the 1^st significant digit                                           

Add 3                                                                                                  

Raise to 0 and add 2                                                                       

Square and subtract 2                                                                  

Add 1 and raise to 2/3                                                                  

Invert and use the 1^st significant digit                                        

Invert, raised to 2, invert and subtract 1                             

Subtract 1, raised to -2, raised to -2, raised to .25, plus 3      

Double, raised to 2, reorder digits low to high, add the # stars in the big dipper