I use the declination setting circle as a reference for my home position - just in case I move the mount when it's switched off. Then I can simply point the scope south to 90 degrees as marked on the circle with counterweights at their lowest and it's back in it's home position. One thing that has fooled me a couple times with the AZEQ6 is putting the scope on backwards. If you do a 2 or 3 star alignment and it's just all 'wrong', mount the scope the other way and try again. Tracking and goto both work really well in alt-az mode too.
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