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Hi
Congrats on the new scope and mount.
As far as I'm aware, you can't use the tracking as autoguiding. both are different.
you can however get good unguided exposures if your polar alignment is good. that is the first major requirement.
Before you start, I'd suggest marking your N/S using the solar noon method. you hang a string and at a specific time during noon, dependent on your location, the shadow cast by the string will be precisely n/s.
if you then position your tripod legs exactly perpendicular to this, you should be fairly close.
this is a good starting point. Else you can use a compass, calculate for magentic deviation for your site and position your tripod.
I find the solar noon method a lot more accurate.
your elevation on the mount needs to be as close as possible to your latitude. use a digital gauge on your counterweight bar as a start.
then do a two or three star alignment using your hand controller, and try 30 sec exposures. if your PA is off, you'll get field rotation or star trails quite soon. if it is good, then you should be able to get 30s to 1min exposures without trails. It depends on a number of things.
Also read up the articles in the "Projects and Articles" section on the left. that should give you enough information to start.
once you get the hang of things, you can look at adding autoguiding which will require either a seperate guide scope or an off-axis guider, and a guide camera.
Let us know how you go.
Cheers
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