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Originally Posted by kens
To drift align you need to be able to see close to the celestial equator (within 20 degrees) near the meridian and horizon. So the SCP is not needed. If you set up a pier with the extension you can remove the mount using the three screws at either the top or bottom of the extension and leave it attached to your mount. When you replace it for your imaging session you should have a reasonable polar alignment and can fine tune it with a drift alignment.
You could do something similar with a tripod but it wont be quite as close.
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Good food for thought Ken, thank you. I'm trying to wrap my head around all of the technical terms - I'm a pretty simple person/user - I see the Stars, etc, but I don't tend to think or use of the technical celestial globe terms to be honest.