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In the start I drifted and then moved to the STV which can act as a super sensitive guiding eyepiece but now I have found TPoint and Automapper.
If you have a goto mount, a CCD camera, TheSky CCDSoft TPount and Automapper (which is free) then it can determine your misalignment in arcseconds. In about half an hour,I can get to within a few arc seconds of the pole. Of course there are refracted pole issues too but for now lets just say that by taking a couple of dozen frames, letting the software compare the images with its own maps and determining the offset, I have beaten polar aliging for good!
This way always a challenge because a big frame like the STL/FSQ gives will show field rotation very quickly if less than well aligned.
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