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Originally Posted by DavidTrap
Daytime routine is great to approximate altitude, but doesn't help with azimuth.
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I usually get a rough azimuth by pointing at the Sun and sighting down the outside of the scope (optics covered, of course...)
I used to use Pempro for polar alignment but these days I use PoleAlignMax which I find quicker. It uses plate solving and slewing to calculate the alignment error. The only thing I don't like about it is that it still points you at the J2000 pole so I have to use a spreadsheet to compensate.