[avandonk]

The other trick is to align your telescope with the mounts equ. axis as best you can.Then use this to initially align the mount.Then see what happens when you swing the telescope from the left to the right ie 180deg around the equ, axis.If the field in the telescope rotates about the center of the field then the telescope is aligned with the equ. axis.Then realign the mount to get the center of the field on the SCP.This works best with a wide field or the finderscope and at least you can see the stars even with light pollution.I hope this is clear.Bit hard to put into words.

Bert