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Is your clock accurately set? Is your time zone? Daylight savings time? The LX90 is clock dependent for doing automatic alignment and guessing where the alignment stars will be. If doing a GPS based alignment, the time should be accurate (while time zone/DST may not be), but if you are doing a two star or some other alignment, the scope will just use the current clock setting, which can result in initial pointing errors.
Additionally, is the mount level? Is the finder scope aligned with the OTA? Finding an alignment star should take no more than 20-30 seconds typically, so if it is taking longer, maybe there are some other issues that are getting in the way. What focal length of eyepiece are you using for your initial search while aligning? A short focal length (say, 6mm) would make for very difficult initial alignment. Try using a 26-32mm eyepiece while tracking down the star, and then switch to a shorter focal length or reticle eyepiece for the actual alignment.
Don't chuck it in, the LX90 is a very good scope once you master the initial set up. As for the calibration, I believe the mount will use Sigma Octans, although I've never actually calibrated an LX90 in the southern hemisphere.
Regards,
Eric
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