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Peter when using the scope visually don't stress too much about polar alignment. Once you've set the alt scale to your lattitude (only needs to be done once) plonk your scope down reasonably level and pointing your polar axis roughly south by eye. Then your ready to go. I haven't done accurate PA for many years as close enough is good enough for visual. Most times you will just need to tweak your declination a bit every few minutes to keep the object in view. No need to waste time spending ages on PA. I prefer my nearly 30yr old EQ mount with drive to a dob as I don't like pushing the scope all the time. It's not that often that you are in uncomfortable position to view. Cheers Richard
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