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Originally Posted by Matty P
Is it possible to observe planets and bright stars during daylight?
How far should the planet be from the sun to be safe to view?
How will I be able to align my GOTO scope? 
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I don't know about your scope, but some GOTO scopes have a "park" feature. You align at night, do all your playing around for the evening, then "park". This sets a "known" position for the entire gear-train when you turn if off. Cover it up, don't touch anything. Switch it on during the day, then tell it the time/date, and you should be as well aligned as the night before as long as you didn't move anything.
I don't know how far away from the sun you should be to be "safe" (as long as it's not down the barrel you'd be OK I assume), but more to the point, I think on a sunny day, you'd want the sun as far behind you as possible to avoid the glare.
Use some of the guides on here for solar observing practices to give you a better idea of what is safe or not.
Turbo