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Originally Posted by NorthernLight
PS:On a personal note I would not recomend an EQ mount if you mainly use the scope from you backyard and this backyard has blocked view to the south celestial pole. As all EQ mounts require you to align them with this point in the sky - otherwise they are pretty much useless.
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As long as you can see some part of the meridian within 40 degrees of the celestial equator and be able to see either east or west near the horizon there is no problem aligning a GEM. You don't have to have to be able to see the SCP. Just use a compass to roughly point N-S and then drift align.