The Gemini II includes an app for polar alignment. It¡¯s called ¡®PAC¡¯ or ¡®Polar Axis Correction¡¯ or ¡®Polar Align Correction¡¯.?
It works by starting with a rough polar alignment, then doing a sky model (3 stars west plus 1 star east of the meridian, for example).
Once you¡¯ve done the sky model you then do a goto a bright star. Gemini II will then offset the scope to where the mount should be pointing if the polar axis was properly aligned. Then you carefully adjust the mount¡¯s Alt and Az knobs to re-center the star. This re-positions the mount¡¯s polar axis so that it¡¯s more closely aligned to the NCP.
Scott describes the process in this video linked below. The video is a bit simplified. He just uses the first prompted star for each goto, whereas you can pick any star in the list as an alignment star. But the process he describes works to greatly improve polar alignment.
The key point is that *you don¡¯t need to see Polaris* in order to get the mount polar aligned.
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https://youtu.be/yYiHldJ5CKA?si=KTA5sHgEE1nmlTzb
