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Originally Posted by Oddity
How important is the home position in alt-az mode if doing 2-star alignment on Synscan mounts? There seems to be varying opinions on this. I usually am unable to have a permanent setup location and have been doing compass north rather than true north. The annoying thing about SynScan in Alt-Az mode in the southern hemisphere is that its home position requires true north rather than true south - which would be a heck of a lot easier to find, especially as the entire northern hemisphere is blocked by trees from my home, meaning I can't use SkySafari to pick a star that's approximately north at that moment in time.
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Is starting with the scope aligned north a critical step for 2 star alignment an alt-az dob? I'm having a lot of trouble and would like to skip this step when making repeated attempts to get a working alignment.
Also, my synscan crashes "searching..." on selecting single star alignment, does anyone have any ideas how to solve that?