I always slew to the alignment stars, I need to do 3 of them. Sometimes the alignment used to be a bit out, but then I bought an eyepiece with an alignment reticule, which makes the whole process really easy. It usually takes about 5 minutes or so to do all threee, then I am set for the night. Usually the first one may be out by a handspan, the next one is in the finder and the third us often spot on. I wouldn't want to move the tripod anyway, I can barely lift the assembled scope.
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