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Rodney, when you say RA hole, does your mount have a Polar Alignment Scope (w/ reticle) in the hole?
If not, your attempts will be very crude at best. And, you are correct, next time use the? Alt and Az knobs.
As an extra tip, I have always used a small voice recorder in the field to note things (half of which I would forget had I not recorded -ha!) like next time do this or bring that. I also made my own setup checklists -something about typing it in my own words makes it stick in my head better
Hope your good weather holds out?
Jeff
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