Osvaldo Falco wrote in message ...

Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me!

1) In daylight or indoors: Set Polar Axis *altitude* angle to your
*latitude* and lock.

2) Outside: Align your finder carefully with main telescope on night
sky object.

3) Set scope tube over the top of (parallel) with the polar axis.
(Scopes are always posed like this for adverts because it looks
impressive!)

4) Lock declination axis.

5) Lift and rotate whole mounting and stand/tripod until Polaris is in
view in finder when scope placed on ground again.

6) Rotate tube around polar axis only. Polaris should stay in view
through finder or very low power eyepiece in scope. Push only in the
saddle area of the tube to avoid moving the tube in declination (or
straining declination lock).

7) Make very small rotations of whole mounting/stand until Polaris
stays in view through finder when scope tube is rotated around *polar
axis only*. Small adjustments may be necessary to polar axis *altitude
angle* due to sloping or bumpy ground.

8) Mark ground (if permitted) near the feet of your stand/tripod feet
for next night and the one after that.

This is close enough for visual use and you don't have to remember
reference stars or use a torch to read setting circles. It can be done
in the dark in a couple of minutes on level ground.

Chris.B