I have done all that houghy barring the park bit, and just wondering if what i experienced is normal behaviour for this mount.
The mount was moving in the direction of the gem cluster, but to get it that way the counterweights are up and over, and the ota hitting the tripod leg.
I could slew to it manually with a more equipment friendly attitude on the other side of the meridian. My question is, is the mount smart enough to be configurable to choose the more sane of two posible ways to goto such an object or will I be forever restricted in what i can point at with goto