A quick align good enough for viewing is to set the scope up level and altitude set, then do a 1 star align to a star low in the east or west, then manually rotate the mount head until the target star is in the field of view. Finish with a 2 star align as normal to set the GOTO. Magnetic compasses are hard to use because the metal etc in the mount interferes, My iphone has a compass app that works ok.
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