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Hi Octane
Good to see that you are mastering the art of polar alignment - well done for persevering! Let us know how you get on because the footprints you leave will no doubt be useful to others faced with the same challenges.
Cheers
Dennis
PS - With my German Equatorial Mount (GEM) and its built-in Polar Alignment Scope (PAS) with illuminated reticle, all I do is use a compass (with magnetic offset) to find South, set the altitude scale to 27 deg 30 sec for Brisbane and when I look through the PAS, lo and behold – there is Sigma Octans. Then, it’s a simple case of tweaking the Altitude and Azimuth fine adjustment knobs to centre Sigma Octans in the illuminated reticle.
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