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Originally Posted by icytailmark
the general idea is you choose stars u can view from your observing place. Slew to the star. Center in eyepiece. Press align. do about 4-5 stars in total and u should be fine. Btw polar alignment has nothing to do with goto. If your mount is pointing at True south, then your mount tracks very well. If your mount is polar aligned well then your goto's will be fairly accurate.
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I understand your point Mark
. The goto alignment procedure is fine (apart for some over slewing on targets on other nights, that's another story) Its the "polar alignment" procedure that's in error.
Its like the mount knows its position for goto functions but has no clue at all when I start the polar alignment procedure.
When you pay thousands for equipment you expect it to do what it says it can do.