great mount! wow! future proof!
yes, you yourself will have to position the mount so that the protruding bar points due south.
to find South for setting up the mount in your backyard, you can follow Ken's methid above.
Or lookup "Solar Noon Method" and mark the resulting leg positions on your lawn with bricks or scratches on the concrete. That way you can easily setup your mount when it's dark.
to setup in the field where you don't have the solar noon method markings, you need a compass and heed the "magnetic declination / variation" of the location you're in (another thing to quickly look up
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. because what you want is the celestial south, not the magnetic south.
Again, your mount is one fine thing!
I am very surprised that someone actually follows the often repeated advice of investing into a good mount first before buying the flashiest scope on the market
