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Originally Posted by jenchris
Or just use your compass and mark 1 eyeball. It is close enough for visual.
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+1 You only need to be within a couple of degrees of true south.
For elevation I just have the tripod level enough and set the elevation to 34* on the mounts little scale.
For azimuth I use a nice Suunto mirror compass. Look along the RA axis from the north side from about 6-8 steps away using one eye to make sure you are straight behind the axis and then sight up the compass. If the magnetic needle doesn't line up with the guidelines rotate mount to left or right as appropriate. Repeat until it's near enough. That works fine for me.