John,
If your mount is a SW AZ GTi mini ( with out EQ kit )
See attached below
https://skywatcheraustralia.com.au/w...08/Mini-Az.pdf
Then your mount is a bonafide Azimuth Altitude Mount and does not have an Equatorial, Right ascension (Ra) axis or Declination ( Dec) axis to polar align to the south celestial pole.
If you have the EQ kit with your AZGTi and use it as an equatorial mount then you must polar align to the South Celestial Pole.
Most of the Skywatcher AZ mounts including Goto Dobsonian’s ( I have a SW 12” Goto Dob ) just require the following to align it.
Tripod or base to be perfectly level
Telescope or OTA to point to celestial North ( not magnetic north ) as accurately as possible
If your using your Synscan handcontroller…..
Choose AZ , 2 Star Alignment in the Skywatcher Synscan manual and follow procedures to align your mount.
Alignment stars should be 2 bright stars preferably on the same side of the meridian, at least 35 to 45 degrees in Altitude and roughly 50 to 60 degrees apart in Azimuth.
These little mounts can also be controlled via the Synscan app using Wifi which is handy ( personally I don’t use the wifi method , the good ol fashioned clunky hand controller ( hand paddle ) works just fine.
As a back up, send Skywatcher Australia an email and confirm my AZ alignment procedures
sales@skywatcheraustralia.com.au
I’ve sent them a few emails over the past 6 months to help out other folk and they usually reply within a few days or so
How to find celestial true North / South attached
Hope the above and attached helps
Cheers
Martin
PS: Thoroughly recommend you download “Stellarium” on your laptop or PC to learn the night sky , Paper Star charts and cardboard star wheels and the like whilst provide good information are antiquated and time consuming to learn
Stellarium will provide a good understanding of the night sky in no time