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What time zone have you input, because it sounds like you may have a -10 instead of a +10? The mount will remember this data till you change it.
My 6 will park at the SCP like you inferred, and this is a good way to check how well aligned your ota is with respect to your polar scope alignment. If the first star is way off target and you correct for it on a 3-star alignment run the S-ware will compensate for the fact that something is not right. It assumes your polar alignment is accurate but that your OTA is not aligned with the polar axis of the mount. Very not aligned in your case.
The secret to getting the first star in the EP is
a) Align the polar scope with the axis of the mount (daytime job)
b) Align the ota as close as possible to the axis of the polar scope
c) Get a good fix on octans via the polar scope.
d) Figure out why the ota points to the dirt when it should be pointing up.
Keep us updated on your efforts here.
Frank.
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