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Originally Posted by LewisM
I dunno, been using a bog-standard Silva for years (I am ALWAYS portable - nothing permanent). I use the iPhone compass occasionally too. I then polar align with SharpCap, and always have it in the "Excellent" range within 5 minutes without any problem.
I stand about a metre behind the mount, eyeballing it along the RA axis. I don't go to close to the mount at all, and always have the mount OFF and no EM sources around whilst doing this rough setup.
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Sounds like pretty much what I do Lewis, but I sit the compass on a non-magnetic wooden beam.
I then used to touch up the PA via the Tak PA Scope when it got dark and found this method to surprisingly accurate.
I now use the QHY PoleMaster when I set up in our back garden.
Cheers
Dennis