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I'm with RobF, get some basic use out of the mount. Get to know your mount and some of the stars used for alignments. Do some visual, get to know the sky.
Sometimes you'll be amazed from a simple setup(without polar aligning) how close you are to the pole.
Get to know your camera and software; take some shots <1min; get to know the sensitivity/gain or ISO settings.
Drift aligning can become all to confusing very quickly when only first starting. be patient, practice makes perfect.. and yes talking to someone in person that can assist would be ideal for first starters.
Shortly after when it's all so easy you'll wonder why you ever thought it was so hard and confusing in the first place.
a flash animation would be handy. hmmm
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