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A wise person on this forum once said something pretty left-of-field - "read the Synscan manual about star alignment and Polar alignment". Now, I'm sceptical of such things at the best of times, but the wise person was right - the Synscan manual is actually clearly written and I found it very useful in combination with the advice here.
As with most technical manuals, some bits are a little hard to grasp what they're getting at, but I just posted here to ask for clarification.
One of the great things about this hobby is that it provides little mental challenges along the way, and you slowly accumulate all this knowledge without realising it. I'm constantly reminding myself that Copernicus, Gallileo and Da Vinci all did this sort of thing without the technology we have today, but just a big brain, inquisitive nature, and enormous patience. (They did have dark skies though!)
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